"And now elate in fancy's mirrour view, / Those hopeful plains where Mantua's poplars grew."
— Sterling, Joseph (fl. 1765-1794)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by George Cecil
Date
1768
Metaphor
"And now elate in fancy's mirrour view, / Those hopeful plains where Mantua's poplars grew."
Metaphor in Context
Twice they beheld the sun's meridian ray,
Yet still they measur'd out the tedious way;
Dwell'd o'er the means the gods ordain's to save
Great Barutondo from the gloomy grave:
And now elate in fancy's mirrour view,
Those hopeful plains where Mantua's poplars grew:
Already had the sun's refulgent rays
Involv'd the aether in a boundless blaze;
When o'er the plain lord Baruntond espies
Black clouds of dust o'er-shading all the skies: [...]
(p. 89)
Yet still they measur'd out the tedious way;
Dwell'd o'er the means the gods ordain's to save
Great Barutondo from the gloomy grave:
And now elate in fancy's mirrour view,
Those hopeful plains where Mantua's poplars grew:
Already had the sun's refulgent rays
Involv'd the aether in a boundless blaze;
When o'er the plain lord Baruntond espies
Black clouds of dust o'er-shading all the skies: [...]
(p. 89)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "fancy's mirrour" in ECCO
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1768).
Bombarino, a Romance: With Poems on the Four Sister Arts, Viz. Eloquence, Poetry, Painting, and Music: and Other Miscellaneous Poems. By Joseph Sterling, T. C. D. (Dublin: Printed by George Cecil, 1768). <Link to ESTC>
Bombarino, a Romance: With Poems on the Four Sister Arts, Viz. Eloquence, Poetry, Painting, and Music: and Other Miscellaneous Poems. By Joseph Sterling, T. C. D. (Dublin: Printed by George Cecil, 1768). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/30/2014
