"Each charm thro' Fancy's mirrour shone / Fresh as the rose, as lillies fair; / But, ah! the rose and lilly's gone, /Beauty has a small empire there, / And total ruin fears."
— Stephens, Edward (fl. 1747-1765)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
Date
1759
Metaphor
"Each charm thro' Fancy's mirrour shone / Fresh as the rose, as lillies fair; / But, ah! the rose and lilly's gone, /Beauty has a small empire there, / And total ruin fears."
Metaphor in Context
Each charm thro' Fancy's mirrour shone
Fresh as the rose, as lillies fair;
But, ah! the rose and lilly's gone,
Beauty has a small empire there,
And total ruin fears.
(p. 51)
Fresh as the rose, as lillies fair;
But, ah! the rose and lilly's gone,
Beauty has a small empire there,
And total ruin fears.
(p. 51)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "fancy's mirrour" in ECCO
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1759)
Poems on Various Subjects. By Edward Stephens. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1759). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/30/2014
