"This my lost Treasure to restore; / Thy magic vertues all apply, / Set up again my Bank-rupt memory. / Search every Cell and corner of my brain, / And bring my Fugitive again."

— Norris, John (1657-1712)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Crosley, and Samuel Manship [etc.]
Date
1692
Metaphor
"This my lost Treasure to restore; / Thy magic vertues all apply, / Set up again my Bank-rupt memory. / Search every Cell and corner of my brain, / And bring my Fugitive again."
Metaphor in Context
Thee gentle Charmer I implore
This my lost Treasure to restore;
Thy
magic vertues all apply,
Set up again my Bank-rupt memory.
Search every
Cell and corner of my brain,
And bring my
Fugitive again.
To thy dark Cave thy self betake
And 'mong thy Dreams enquiry make;
Summon the best Ideas to appear
And bring that Form which most resembles her.
Categories
Provenance
HDIS
Date of Entry
08/19/2004

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.