"Hope delayed fatigues the mind, / And drinks the spirits up"
— Newton, John (1725-1807)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
W. Oliver
Date
1779
Metaphor
"Hope delayed fatigues the mind, / And drinks the spirits up"
Metaphor in Context
Breathe from the gentle south, O Lord,
And cheer me from the north;
Blow on the treasures of thy word,
And call the spices forth!
I wish, Thou know'st, to be resign'd,
And wait with patient hope;
But hope delayed fatigues the mind,
And drinks the spirits up.
(ll. 1-8)
And cheer me from the north;
Blow on the treasures of thy word,
And call the spices forth!
I wish, Thou know'st, to be resign'd,
And wait with patient hope;
But hope delayed fatigues the mind,
And drinks the spirits up.
(ll. 1-8)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS
Citation
Cowper, William. The Poems of William Cowper. 3 vols. Ed. John D. Baird and Charles Ryskamp. Oxford: Oxford UP: 1980.
Date of Entry
12/15/2003
