"While Gold will make their Minds to bow, / As Fire doe's green Wood, any how."

— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Smith [etc.]
Date
1734
Metaphor
"While Gold will make their Minds to bow, / As Fire doe's green Wood, any how."
Metaphor in Context
Thus They lay Th---ves behind The Hedge,
Yet Advocates for Privilege:
Whence They and all their impious Elves
Can still play Tricks, and skreen Themselves:
While Gold will make their Minds to bow,
As Fire doe's green Wood, any how.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Prose)
Date of Entry
05/27/2005

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