"When Pope's warbling numbers glide, / Smooth as the unruffled tide; / When the sylphs and sylphids fly, / Thro' the azure of the sky; / When he sports on Windsor plains, / Fancy still unrivall'd reigns."
— Anonymous
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed for Richard Edward Mercier
Date
June, 1793
Metaphor
"When Pope's warbling numbers glide, / Smooth as the unruffled tide; / When the sylphs and sylphids fly, / Thro' the azure of the sky; / When he sports on Windsor plains, / Fancy still unrivall'd reigns."
Metaphor in Context
Thus erst, the mighty Shakespeare play'd,
As near Avona's banks he stray'd :---
When his soft melodious strains,
Charm the woods, and charm the plains;
When his elves and sprites are seen,
Tripping o'er the verdant green,
When in the enchanted isle,
Shades the mariners beguile;
In short, in every scene appears,
Fancy, queen of hopes and fears.
When Pope's warbling numbers glide,
Smooth as the unruffled tide;
When the sylphs and sylphids fly,
Thro' the azure of the sky;
When he sports on Windsor plains,
Fancy still unrivall'd reigns.
(p. 403)
As near Avona's banks he stray'd :---
When his soft melodious strains,
Charm the woods, and charm the plains;
When his elves and sprites are seen,
Tripping o'er the verdant green,
When in the enchanted isle,
Shades the mariners beguile;
In short, in every scene appears,
Fancy, queen of hopes and fears.
When Pope's warbling numbers glide,
Smooth as the unruffled tide;
When the sylphs and sylphids fly,
Thro' the azure of the sky;
When he sports on Windsor plains,
Fancy still unrivall'd reigns.
(p. 403)
Provenance
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Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1793, 1794).
See Anthologia Hibernica: or Monthly Collections of Science, Belles-lettres, and History, vol i, (Dublin: Printed for Richard Edward Mercier, 1793). <Link to Google Books>
See Anthologia Hibernica: or Monthly Collections of Science, Belles-lettres, and History, vol i, (Dublin: Printed for Richard Edward Mercier, 1793). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
10/06/2011
