"Much hist'ry in those tell-tale orbs we read! / What though no bigger than a button hole, / Yet what a wondrous window to the soul!"
— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
H. D. Symonds
Date
1792
Metaphor
"Much hist'ry in those tell-tale orbs we read! / What though no bigger than a button hole, / Yet what a wondrous window to the soul!"
Metaphor in Context
Now on the band of ladies star'd the cooks,
And seem'd to show hair-ruin in their looks.
Great is the eloquence of eyes indeed--
Much hist'ry in those tell-tale orbs we read!
What though no bigger than a button hole,
Yet what a wondrous window to the soul!
The bosom's joy, and grief, and hope, and fear,
In lively colours are depicted here!
(cf. pp. 4-5 in 1792 edition)
And seem'd to show hair-ruin in their looks.
Great is the eloquence of eyes indeed--
Much hist'ry in those tell-tale orbs we read!
What though no bigger than a button hole,
Yet what a wondrous window to the soul!
The bosom's joy, and grief, and hope, and fear,
In lively colours are depicted here!
(cf. pp. 4-5 in 1792 edition)
Categories
Citation
Published in four cantos; 28 entries in ESTC: 1785-7, 1791, 1792.
See The Lousiad: an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto I. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London: J. Jarvis, 1785). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
The Lousiad. An Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto II. With an Engraving by an Eminent Artist. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London: G. Kearsley, 1787). <Link to ECCO>
The Lousiad, an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto III. By Peter Pindar, Esquire. With an Engraving by an Eminent Artist (London: J. Evans, 1791). <Link to ECCO>
The Lousiad, an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto IV. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London: H. D. Symonds, 1792). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of Peter Pindar, 4 vols. (London: Walker and Edwards, 1816). <Link to Volume I in Google Books>
See The Lousiad: an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto I. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London: J. Jarvis, 1785). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
The Lousiad. An Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto II. With an Engraving by an Eminent Artist. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London: G. Kearsley, 1787). <Link to ECCO>
The Lousiad, an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto III. By Peter Pindar, Esquire. With an Engraving by an Eminent Artist (London: J. Evans, 1791). <Link to ECCO>
The Lousiad, an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto IV. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London: H. D. Symonds, 1792). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of Peter Pindar, 4 vols. (London: Walker and Edwards, 1816). <Link to Volume I in Google Books>
Theme
Meta-metaphorical
Date of Entry
03/03/2014
Date of Review
03/03/2014
