"Wake my Harp! to melting Measures, / Pour thy softest, sweetest Treasures, / Such as lift the Thoughts on high; / 'Till the rapt Soul, Earth forsaking, / Heaven-ward it's Flight is taking, / On the Wings of Harmony."

— Bickerstaff, Isaac (b. 1733, d. after 1808)

Author

Bickerstaff, Isaac (b. 1733, d. after 1808)

Work Title

Judith: A Sacred Drama

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Coote; and T. Davies
Date
1761
Metaphor
"Wake my Harp! to melting Measures, / Pour thy softest, sweetest Treasures, / Such as lift the Thoughts on high; / 'Till the rapt Soul, Earth forsaking, / Heaven-ward it's Flight is taking, / On the Wings of Harmony."
Metaphor in Context
ABRA.
Wake my Harp! to melting Measures,
Pour thy softest, sweetest Treasures,
Such as lift the Thoughts on high;
'Till the rapt Soul, Earth forsaking,
Heaven-ward it's Flight is taking,
On the Wings of Harmony.
(I.i, p. 4)
Categories
Motion::Flight Animals::Wings Music::Harmony
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1761, 1766, 1769, 1773).

Judith: A Sacred Drama. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. The Music composed by Dr. Arne. (London: Printed for J. Coote; and T. Davies, 1761). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.