"Fair Ideas in full Glory shine, / Eternal Models of exalted Parts, / The Pride of Minds, and Conquerors of Hearts."
— Parnell, Thomas (1679-1718)
Author
Date
1713
Metaphor
"Fair Ideas in full Glory shine, / Eternal Models of exalted Parts, / The Pride of Minds, and Conquerors of Hearts."
Metaphor in Context
Above the Beauties, far above the Show
In which weak Nature dresses here below,
Stands the great Palace of the Bright and Fine,
Where fair Ideas in full Glory shine,
Eternal Models of exalted Parts,
The Pride of Minds, and Conquerors of Hearts.
In which weak Nature dresses here below,
Stands the great Palace of the Bright and Fine,
Where fair Ideas in full Glory shine,
Eternal Models of exalted Parts,
The Pride of Minds, and Conquerors of Hearts.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "conque" and "heart"
Citation
Parnell, Thomas. Collected Poems of Thomas Parnell. Eds. Claude Julien Rawson and F. P. Lock. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1989.
Date of Entry
02/06/2005
Date of Review
04/09/2009
