The _pole_ for the earth. The _head_ for the person.
Triginta minas pro capite tuo dedi.
_Plautus._
_Tergum_ for the man:
Fugiens tergum.
_Ovid._
_Vultus_ for the man:
Jam fulgor armorum fugaces
Terret equos, equitumque vultus.
_Horat._
Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus
Tam chari _capitis_?
_Horat._
Dumque virent _genua_.
_Horat._
Thy growing virtues justify’d my cares,
And promis’d comfort to my _silver hairs_.
_Iliad_ ix. 616.
----Forthwith from the pool he rears
His mighty _stature_.
_Paradise Lost._
The silent _heart_ which grief assails.
_Parnell._
The peculiar beauty of this figure consists in marking out that part
which makes the greatest figure.
10. The name of the container employ’d figuratively to signify what is
contained.
_Grove_ for the birds in it: Vocal _grove_. _Ships_ for the seamen:
Agonizing _ships_. _Mountains_ for the sheep pasturing upon them:
Bleating _mountains_. _Zacynthus, Ithaca, &c._ for the inhabitants. _Ex
mœstis domibus._ Livy.
11. The name of the sustainer employ’d figuratively to signify what is
sustained.
_Altar_ for the sacrifice. _Field_ for the battle fought upon it:
Well-fought _field_.
12. The name of the materials employ’d figuratively to signify the
things made of them.
_Ferrum_ for _gladius_.
13. The names of the Heathen deities employ’d figuratively to signify
what they patronise.
_Jove_ for the air. _Mars_ for war. _Venus_ for beauty. _Cupid_ for
love. _Ceres_ for corn. _Neptune_ for the sea. _Vulcan_ for fire.
This figure bestows great elevation upon the subject; and therefore
ought to be confined to the higher strains of poetry.