Your search for
Politics of Author:
"Whig"
AND
Religion of Author:
"Anglican"
AND
Work title:
"Creation: A Philosophical Poem."
AND
Literary Period:
"Augustan"
,
"Early Modern"
,
"Eighteenth Century"
,
"Long Eighteenth Century"
,
"Restoration"
AND
Metaphor Category:
"Fire"
returned 2 results(s) in 0.001 seconds
Date: 1712
"Strong as the Winds, and sprightly as the Light? / She [the mind] moves unweary'd, as the active Fire, / And, like the Flame, her Flights to Heav'n aspire."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1712
"She next essay'd the Embryo's Rise to trace / From an unfashion'd, rude, unchannell'd Mass; / And sung how Spirits waken'd in the Brain / Exert their Force, and genial Toil maintain; / Erect the beating Heart, the Channels frame, / Unfold entangled Limbs, and kindle vital Flame."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)