"Thro' rural scenes she still conducts her boy, / From factious folly and tumultuous strife; / In fancy's mirror bids her bard enjoy, / The simple blessings of a cottage life."
— Orestes [Pseud.]
Author
Date
July, 1797
Metaphor
"Thro' rural scenes she still conducts her boy, / From factious folly and tumultuous strife; / In fancy's mirror bids her bard enjoy, / The simple blessings of a cottage life."
Metaphor in Context
Thro' rural scenes she still conducts her boy,
From factious folly and tumultuous strife;
In fancy's mirror bids her bard enjoy,
The simple blessings of a cottage life.
(p. 40)
From factious folly and tumultuous strife;
In fancy's mirror bids her bard enjoy,
The simple blessings of a cottage life.
(p. 40)
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Provenance
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Citation
Published in The European Magazine, and London Review; Containing the Literature, History, Politics, Arts, Manners and Amusements of the Age. by the Philological Society of London. (London: Printed for John Fielding No. 23, Pater Noster Row; John Debrett, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly; and John Sewell, No. 32, Cornhill, [1782]-1826). lt;Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/29/2014
