"For when Care or dull Sorrow perplexes our breasts,
He can banish the Senses that harbour such Guests!"

— Tickell, Richard (1751-1793)


Place of Publication
London
Date
1781
Metaphor
"For when Care or dull Sorrow perplexes our breasts,
He can banish the Senses that harbour such Guests!"
Metaphor in Context
But no charm that He gives no delight He supplies,
Is so sweet as the Opiate He sheds o'er our sighs;
For when Care or dull Sorrow perplexes our breasts,
He can banish the Senses that harbour such Guests!

To his God-head let Mortals then fervently call,
Who can sooth every Sense, by suspending them all.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "head" and "guest" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/14/2006

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.