In the fields "peerless Fancy hads her court / And tunes her lays."
— Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774)
Work Title
Date
June 4, 1772, 1773
Metaphor
In the fields "peerless Fancy hads her court / And tunes her lays."
Metaphor in Context
Next day each hero tells his news
O' crackit crowns and broken brows,
And deeds that here forbid the Muse
Her theme to swell,
Or time mair precious abuse
Their crimes to tell.
She'll rather to the fields resort,
Whare music gars the day seem short,
Whare doggies play, and lambies sport
On gowany braes,
Whare peerless Fancy hads her court,
And tunes her lays.
O' crackit crowns and broken brows,
And deeds that here forbid the Muse
Her theme to swell,
Or time mair precious abuse
Their crimes to tell.
She'll rather to the fields resort,
Whare music gars the day seem short,
Whare doggies play, and lambies sport
On gowany braes,
Whare peerless Fancy hads her court,
And tunes her lays.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "court" and "fancy" in HDIS
Citation
At least 9 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1772, 1773, 1782, 1785, 1788, 1799, 1800).
Originally published in Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine or Edinburgh Amusement (June 4, 1772).
See also Poems by Robert Fergusson. (Edinburgh: Printed by Walter & Thomas Ruddiman, 1773). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of Robert Fergusson, ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart. (Edinburgh: Fullarton and Macnab, 1851).
Originally published in Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine or Edinburgh Amusement (June 4, 1772).
See also Poems by Robert Fergusson. (Edinburgh: Printed by Walter & Thomas Ruddiman, 1773). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of Robert Fergusson, ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart. (Edinburgh: Fullarton and Macnab, 1851).
Date of Entry
08/25/2004
