"Death from this coarse Alloy refines the Mind."
— Somervile, William (1675-1742)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintot
Date
1727
Metaphor
"Death from this coarse Alloy refines the Mind."
Metaphor in Context
Vain our Pursuits of Knowledge, vain our Care,
The Cost, and Labour, we may justly spare.
Death from this coarse Alloy refines the Mind,
Leaves us at large t'expatiate unconfin'd;
All Science opens to our wond'ring Eyes,
And the good Man is in a Moment Wise.
The Cost, and Labour, we may justly spare.
Death from this coarse Alloy refines the Mind,
Leaves us at large t'expatiate unconfin'd;
All Science opens to our wond'ring Eyes,
And the good Man is in a Moment Wise.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "alloy" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1727, 1766, 1779, 1780, 1790).
Text from William Somervile, Occasional Poems, Translations, Fables, Tales, &c. (London: Bernard Lintot, 1727). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Found also in Johnson's Works of the English Poets (1779-1780, 1790) and Somervile's Poetical Works (1766, 1780).
Text from William Somervile, Occasional Poems, Translations, Fables, Tales, &c. (London: Bernard Lintot, 1727). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Found also in Johnson's Works of the English Poets (1779-1780, 1790) and Somervile's Poetical Works (1766, 1780).
Theme
Refinement
Date of Entry
04/14/2005
