Note 1409 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)
Reading edition
"Flaming" is not an appropriate epithet for mines. The line calls up a false idea of splendour, and not a vision of subterranean gloom and desolation.
Reading edition
"Flaming" is not an appropriate epithet for mines. The line calls up a false idea of splendour, and not a vision of subterranean gloom and desolation.