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The Palace of Fantasy; or, The Bard’s Imagery; with Other Poems by J. S. Hardy is a collection of poetry written in the mid-19th century. It centers on an extended allegorical tour in which personified Fantasy appoints a Bard to guide a crowd through a visionary palace and across the realms of Nature, Art, Learning, and Science. The aim is to delight and morally elevate the careworn, turning everyday drudgery toward wonder, knowledge, and a nobler destiny. The opening of the work frames the design: Fantasy’s herald summons a weary populace to a hidden palace, where a page attires them and a saloon of living tapestries sets the tone for a grand imaginative voyage. Dan Fantasy addresses the crowd with compassion and assigns the Bard to lead them first through subterranean caverns and grottoes to marvels of the earth, then out to vast prospects.
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