The muse "beams a visionary day: / Bright as the magic torch she early gave / To light thy ven'trous way, through fancy's secret cave."

— Hunter [née Home], Anne (1742-1821)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Payne ... by T. Bensley, [etc.]
Date
1803
Metaphor
The muse "beams a visionary day: / Bright as the magic torch she early gave / To light thy ven'trous way, through fancy's secret cave."
Metaphor in Context
I mark thy muse; her gothic lyre
Well suits the legendary lay;
While darting from her eyes of sire
She beams a visionary day:
Bright as the magic torch she early gave
To light thy ven'trous way, through fancy's secret cave.
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "fancy"
Date of Entry
05/17/2005
Date of Review
06/05/2011

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.