"His Fancy still awake; the roving Guest / Usurps the Throne of Reason in his Breast: / Forms great Ideas, and religious Schemes, /  A busy mime, and floats in golden Dreams."
The Legend: A Poem [from Poems on Several Occasions]
At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1720, 1723, 1724).<br>
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See <u>Poems on Several Occasions. To Which Is Added, a Letter to Mr. Law. By a Student of Oxford.</u> (London: Printed for E. Curll, in Fleet-Street, 1720). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N34624">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Found searching in <u>Poems on Several Occasions. Dedicated to the Reverend Dr. Delaune, President of St. John's College in Oxford. by N. Amhurst, Sometime of the Same College.</u> (London: Printed for R. Francklin, at the Sun Fleetstreet, 1723). Text drawn from this edition.<br>