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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE VISIONS OF FANCY, by ANN RADCLIFFE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear, wild illusions of creative mind!
Last Line: Still chase my real cares with your illusive powers!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ward, Ann
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
First Line: Dear, wild illusions of creative mind!
Last Line: Still chase my real cares with your illusive powers!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ward, Ann
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
Dear, wild illusions of creative mind!
Whose varying hues arise to Fancy's art,
And by her magic force are swift combined
In forms that please, and scenes that touch the heart:
Oh! whether at her voice ye soft assume
The pensive grace of sorrow drooping low;
Or rise sublime on terror's lofty plume,
And shake the soul with wildly thrilling woe;
Or, sweetly bright, your gayer tints ye spread, --
Bid scenes of pleasure steal upon my view,
Love wave his purple pinions o'er my head,
And wake the tender thought to passion true;
O! still -- ye shadowy forms! attend my lonely hours,
Still chase my real cares with your illusive powers!
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