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Literary Period:
"Eighteenth Century"
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"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Nationality of Author:
"Scottish"
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Gender of Author:
"Male"
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Religion of Author:
"Church of Scotland"
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Work title:
"Elegy Occasioned by the Death of a Lady"
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Metaphor Category:
"Light"
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Date: 1760
"On clouds, where Fancy's beam amusive plays, / Shall heedless Hope the towering fabric raise?"
preview | full record— Beattie, James (1735-1803)
Date: 1760
"Say, pines not Virtue for the lingering morn, / On this dark wild condemn'd to roam forlorn? / Where Reason's meteor-rays, with sickly glow, / O'er the dun gloom a dreadful glimmering throw? / Disclosing dubious to th' affrighted eye / O'erwhelming mountains tottering from on high, / Black billo...
preview | full record— Beattie, James (1735-1803)