Reason's "clear Mirror" can reflect the past actions and represent passions
— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Browne
Date
1733
Metaphor
Reason's "clear Mirror" can reflect the past actions and represent passions
Metaphor in Context
The base Usurpers of my Soul are gone,
And Reason long depos'd regains her Throne
She comes at last, a Friend sincerely kind,
With prudent Counsel to reform my Mind:
With gentle Force she bends my stubborn Will,
Points out the Good, and bids me shun the Ill.
A wond'rous Glass the wise Dictatress shews,
Which, Objects long forgot, again renews:
There's not an Action past, but she'll recall,
For her clear Mirror can reflect them all.
My Passions all are represented there,
My Joy, my Hope, my Sorrow and my Fear.
What-e'er I know, is all at once display'd,
And Friends and Foes together are survey'd.
But so alike in Colour and in Show,
I know not which the Friend or which the Foe.
And Reason long depos'd regains her Throne
She comes at last, a Friend sincerely kind,
With prudent Counsel to reform my Mind:
With gentle Force she bends my stubborn Will,
Points out the Good, and bids me shun the Ill.
A wond'rous Glass the wise Dictatress shews,
Which, Objects long forgot, again renews:
There's not an Action past, but she'll recall,
For her clear Mirror can reflect them all.
My Passions all are represented there,
My Joy, my Hope, my Sorrow and my Fear.
What-e'er I know, is all at once display'd,
And Friends and Foes together are survey'd.
But so alike in Colour and in Show,
I know not which the Friend or which the Foe.
Categories
Provenance
Found again searching "passion" and "mirror" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1733).
See Poems on Several Occasions. By Mary Masters. (London: Printed by T. Browne, for the author, 1733). <Link to ESTC>
See Poems on Several Occasions. By Mary Masters. (London: Printed by T. Browne, for the author, 1733). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/27/2004
