"Affection can th' External Senses blind, / And stamps such deep Impressions on the Mind"
— Smith, John (fl. 1713)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
H. Clements
Date
1713
Metaphor
"Affection can th' External Senses blind, / And stamps such deep Impressions on the Mind"
Metaphor in Context
Affection can th' External Senses blind,
And stamps such deep Impressions on the Mind,
Th' Imagination is so strongly wrought,
With Fancy we grow sick, and ev'n expire with Thought.
Hence Visionary Floods his Soul molest,
And roll and tumble in his troubl'd Breast;
He thinks he sees mad Waves insult the Shore,
And hears the loud tempestuous Billows roar,
Then many a Tear he sheds, and inly groans,
Sighs to the Winds, and sends forth bitter Moans,
For Fear the rolling Deluge shou'd destroy
The darling Consort of his Nuptial Joy.
And stamps such deep Impressions on the Mind,
Th' Imagination is so strongly wrought,
With Fancy we grow sick, and ev'n expire with Thought.
Hence Visionary Floods his Soul molest,
And roll and tumble in his troubl'd Breast;
He thinks he sees mad Waves insult the Shore,
And hears the loud tempestuous Billows roar,
Then many a Tear he sheds, and inly groans,
Sighs to the Winds, and sends forth bitter Moans,
For Fear the rolling Deluge shou'd destroy
The darling Consort of his Nuptial Joy.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "impression"
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1713).
Poems upon several occasions. By Mr. Smith. (London: Printed for H. Clements, at the Half-Moon in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1713). <Link to ESTC>
Poems upon several occasions. By Mr. Smith. (London: Printed for H. Clements, at the Half-Moon in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1713). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
04/07/2005
