"Painful reflection! poyson to my mind!"
— Hervey, John, second Baron Hervey of Ickworth (1696-1743)
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Date
September 27, 1746
Metaphor
"Painful reflection! poyson to my mind!"
Metaphor in Context
IV.
Painful reflection! poyson to my mind!
Was it but mortal too, it would be kind:
But mad with grief I search the palace round,
And in that madness dream you're to be found.
(p. 96)
Painful reflection! poyson to my mind!
Was it but mortal too, it would be kind:
But mad with grief I search the palace round,
And in that madness dream you're to be found.
(p. 96)
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At least 9 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1746, 1755 1758, 1759, 1763, 1765, 1775, 1782).
First published in Number XIV, Saturday, September 27, of The Museum. See The Museum: or, the Literary and Historical Register (London: R. Dodsley, 1746), II, pp. 14-19. <Link to Google Books>
Text from volume 4 of Robert Dodsley's A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes. By Several Hands (London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1755). <Link to ECCO-TCP
First published in Number XIV, Saturday, September 27, of The Museum. See The Museum: or, the Literary and Historical Register (London: R. Dodsley, 1746), II, pp. 14-19. <Link to Google Books>
Text from volume 4 of Robert Dodsley's A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes. By Several Hands (London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1755). <Link to ECCO-TCP
Date of Entry
04/07/2014
