The mind may be wounded
— Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley [née Lady Mary Pierrepont] (1689-1762)
Date
1747
Metaphor
The mind may be wounded
Metaphor in Context
The wretched Flavia, on her couch reclined,
Thus breathed the anguish of a wounded mind.
A glass reversed in her right hand she bore,
For now she shunned the face she sought before.
(ll. 1-4, p. 56)
Thus breathed the anguish of a wounded mind.
A glass reversed in her right hand she bore,
For now she shunned the face she sought before.
(ll. 1-4, p. 56)
Categories
Provenance
After Jill Campbell's presentation at UCB: "Sporus, Sappho, and the Ape"
Citation
Lonsdale, R. Ed. Eighteenth Century Women Poets (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989).
Date of Entry
12/03/2003
