" In thee, by art, the demon stands confest, / But nature on thy soul has stamped the god."
— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Fielding and Walker
Date
1778
Metaphor
" In thee, by art, the demon stands confest, / But nature on thy soul has stamped the god."
Metaphor in Context
Whatever passions gall the human breast,
Play in thy features, and await thy nod;
In thee by art, the daemon stands confest,
But nature on thy soul has stamped the god.
(p. 82)
Play in thy features, and await thy nod;
In thee by art, the daemon stands confest,
But nature on thy soul has stamped the god.
(p. 82)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry); text from ECCO
Date of Entry
04/07/2005
Date of Review
10/19/2005
