"Excursive thought" may "Stand still a moment, and by reason taught / Judge rightly, with strict eye thyself survey"
— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Author
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1770
Metaphor
"Excursive thought" may "Stand still a moment, and by reason taught / Judge rightly, with strict eye thyself survey"
Metaphor in Context
O partial fate! and was I rais'd on high,
Only to sink in deeper infamy!
Yet say, what infamy? Excursive thought
Stand still a moment, and by reason taught
Judge rightly, with strict eye thyself survey,
Where are the crimes which infamy betray?
Only to sink in deeper infamy!
Yet say, what infamy? Excursive thought
Stand still a moment, and by reason taught
Judge rightly, with strict eye thyself survey,
Where are the crimes which infamy betray?
Categories
Provenance
Searching "judge" and "reason" in HDIS (poetry)
Date of Entry
09/01/2004
Date of Review
04/26/2007
