"Reason ne'er weighs the beauties of the mind, / If but the sordid balance sinks with gold!"
— Stevenson, William (1730-1783)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid
Date
1765
Metaphor
"Reason ne'er weighs the beauties of the mind, / If but the sordid balance sinks with gold!"
Metaphor in Context
Alas! hard is the lot of womankind,
By mercenary traffic bought and sold!
Reason ne'er weighs the beauties of the mind,
If but the sordid balance sinks with gold!
By mercenary traffic bought and sold!
Reason ne'er weighs the beauties of the mind,
If but the sordid balance sinks with gold!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "balance" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1765).
Original Poems on Several Subjects. In Two Volumes. By William Stevenson (Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. Sold by Alexander Donaldson, in London and Edinburgh, 1765). <Link to ESTC>
Original Poems on Several Subjects. In Two Volumes. By William Stevenson (Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. Sold by Alexander Donaldson, in London and Edinburgh, 1765). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
12/11/2006
