"There is some kind and courtly sprite / That o'er the realm of Fancy reigns."
— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)
Author
Work Title
Date
1778, 1804
Metaphor
"There is some kind and courtly sprite / That o'er the realm of Fancy reigns."
Metaphor in Context
There is some kind and courtly sprite
That o'er the realm of Fancy reigns,
Throws sunshine on the mask of night,
And smiles at Slumber's powerless chains;
'Tis told, and I believe the tale,
At this soft hour that sprite was there,
And spread with fairer flowers the vale,
And fill'd with sweeter sounds the air.
That o'er the realm of Fancy reigns,
Throws sunshine on the mask of night,
And smiles at Slumber's powerless chains;
'Tis told, and I believe the tale,
At this soft hour that sprite was there,
And spread with fairer flowers the vale,
And fill'd with sweeter sounds the air.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1778, 1780).
See John Langhorne, Owen of Carron. A Poem (London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1778). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Text from The Poetical Works of John Langhorne, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Mawman [by] T. Gillet, 1804).
See John Langhorne, Owen of Carron. A Poem (London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1778). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Text from The Poetical Works of John Langhorne, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Mawman [by] T. Gillet, 1804).
Date of Entry
08/25/2004
Date of Review
07/15/2011
