"And gold refined The sated mind, / Fastidious, turns to perfect dross."
— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Tho. Worral, at the Judge's Head
Date
1728
Metaphor
"And gold refined The sated mind, / Fastidious, turns to perfect dross."
Metaphor in Context
What charms us most, Our joy, our boast,
Familiar loses all its gloss;
And gold refined The sated mind,
Fastidious, turns to perfect dross.
Familiar loses all its gloss;
And gold refined The sated mind,
Fastidious, turns to perfect dross.
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "gold" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 6 entries in ESTC (1728, 1730, 1743, 1751).
See Ocean. An Ode. Occasioned by His Majesty’s Late Royal Encouragement of the Sea-Service. To Which Is Prefix’d, an Ode to the King: and a Discourse on Ode. By E. Young, Author of the Universal Passion. (London: Printed, and Dublin re-printed and sold by George Faulkner and James Hoey, in Christ-Church-Yard, 1728). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose, of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D., Formerly Rector of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, &c. Revised and Collated With the Earliest Editions. To Which Is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, by John Doran, LL.D. With Eight Illustrations on Steel, and a Portrait. 2 vols. (London: William Tegg and Co., 1854).
See Ocean. An Ode. Occasioned by His Majesty’s Late Royal Encouragement of the Sea-Service. To Which Is Prefix’d, an Ode to the King: and a Discourse on Ode. By E. Young, Author of the Universal Passion. (London: Printed, and Dublin re-printed and sold by George Faulkner and James Hoey, in Christ-Church-Yard, 1728). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose, of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D., Formerly Rector of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, &c. Revised and Collated With the Earliest Editions. To Which Is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, by John Doran, LL.D. With Eight Illustrations on Steel, and a Portrait. 2 vols. (London: William Tegg and Co., 1854).
Theme
Refinement
Date of Entry
05/27/2005
