"Many a Lye, many a Fable, / Is engrav'd on the Souls Razed Table."
— Dixon, Robert (1614/15-1688).
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by S. Roycroft, for Robert Clavell [etc.]
Date
1683
Metaphor
"Many a Lye, many a Fable, / Is engrav'd on the Souls Razed Table."
Metaphor in Context
Saturnus expell'd by his Son a long Spatium,
For fear of a Rebel lay hid in Latium.
Nero's Quinquennium was a Calm,
It turn'd into Blood, that was formerly Balm.
Many a Lye, many a Fable,
Is engrav'd on the Souls Razed Table.
Mensa Philosophica was full of good Fare;
But Coena Pontificia was the most Rare.
For fear of a Rebel lay hid in Latium.
Nero's Quinquennium was a Calm,
It turn'd into Blood, that was formerly Balm.
Many a Lye, many a Fable,
Is engrav'd on the Souls Razed Table.
Mensa Philosophica was full of good Fare;
But Coena Pontificia was the most Rare.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "engrav" in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Blank Slate
Date of Entry
03/09/2005
