"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
William Somervile, Occasional Poems, Translations, Fables, Tales, &c. (London: Bernard Lintot, 1727). <Link to Google Books>
Theme
Refinement
Date of Entry
04/14/2005
