"Here every Error of the lawless Mind, / The Monsters of distemper'd Thought we find."
— Hildebrand, Jacob (1692/3-1739)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Lewis
Date
1735
Metaphor
"Here every Error of the lawless Mind, / The Monsters of distemper'd Thought we find."
Metaphor in Context
Here every Error of the lawless Mind,
The Monsters of distemper'd Thought we find,
Madness in all Extremes: Serene, and mild;
Where Euclid's Sons run regularly wild;
Where patient Chymists still their Labour ply;
And where the frantick Dead supinely lie.
The Monsters of distemper'd Thought we find,
Madness in all Extremes: Serene, and mild;
Where Euclid's Sons run regularly wild;
Where patient Chymists still their Labour ply;
And where the frantick Dead supinely lie.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "law" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from The Works of Hildebrand Jacob, Esq; Containing Poems on Various Subjects, and Occasions; With the Fatal Constancy, a Tragedy; and Several Pieces in Prose. The Greatest Part Never Before Publish'd. (London: Printed for W. Lewis in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, 1735). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
04/20/2005
