"Lightly she treads the russet Mead, / The Flowers, blushing, bow their Head, / And but in Fancy's Mirrour view, / Charms, as unsully'd, as their Hue."
— Joel, Thomas (fl. 1766)
Author
Place of Publication
Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall Mall; J. Buckland in Pater Noster Row; J. Waugh in Lombard Street; and W. Davenhill in Leadenhall Street,
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley, J. Buckland, J. Waugh, and W. Davenhill
Date
1766
Metaphor
"Lightly she treads the russet Mead, / The Flowers, blushing, bow their Head, / And but in Fancy's Mirrour view, / Charms, as unsully'd, as their Hue."
Metaphor in Context
[...]
Lightly she treads the russet Mead,
The Flowers, blushing, bow their Head,
And but in Fancy's Mirrour view,
Charms, as unsully'd, as their Hue.
The lovely Maid had scarce pass'd by,
But Venus caught her with her Eye,
And turning unto Cupid, said,
See there, who trips, with fairy Speed,
Along the wide extending Mead:
Minerva, or Diana chaste,
Go pay our best Respects with Haste. [...]
(p. 6)
Lightly she treads the russet Mead,
The Flowers, blushing, bow their Head,
And but in Fancy's Mirrour view,
Charms, as unsully'd, as their Hue.
The lovely Maid had scarce pass'd by,
But Venus caught her with her Eye,
And turning unto Cupid, said,
See there, who trips, with fairy Speed,
Along the wide extending Mead:
Minerva, or Diana chaste,
Go pay our best Respects with Haste. [...]
(p. 6)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "fancy's mirrour" in ECCO
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1766, 1775).
Poems and Letters in Prose. Occasionally Written by Thomas Joel. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall Mall; J. Buckland in Pater Noster Row; J. Waugh in Lombard Street; and W. Davenhill in Leadenhall Street, 1766). <Link to ESTC>
Poems and Letters in Prose. Occasionally Written by Thomas Joel. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall Mall; J. Buckland in Pater Noster Row; J. Waugh in Lombard Street; and W. Davenhill in Leadenhall Street, 1766). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/30/2014
