Books are "Food chiefly for the mind"
— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Gentleman's Magazine
Date
1789
Metaphor
Books are "Food chiefly for the mind"
Metaphor in Context
He, entering at the study door,
Its ample area 'gan explore;
And something in the wind
Conjectured, sniffing round and round,
Better than all the books he found,
Food chiefly for the mind.
(ll. 37-42, p. 31)
Its ample area 'gan explore;
And something in the wind
Conjectured, sniffing round and round,
Better than all the books he found,
Food chiefly for the mind.
(ll. 37-42, p. 31)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS
Citation
Cowper, William. The Poems of William Cowper. 3 vols. Ed. John D. Baird and Charles Ryskamp. Oxford: Oxford UP: 1980. Vol III.
Date of Entry
12/30/2003
