Love's laws may be "written in the mind"
— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Author
Place of Publication
Wakefield
Publisher
Newport Pagnell
Date
w. 1782-3, 1801
Metaphor
Love's laws may be "written in the mind"
Metaphor in Context
And wilt thou leave me, whom, when lost and blind,
Thou didst distinguish and vouchsafe to choose,
Before thy laws were written in my mind,
While yet the world had all my thoughts and views?
(ll. 85-88, p. 90)
Thou didst distinguish and vouchsafe to choose,
Before thy laws were written in my mind,
While yet the world had all my thoughts and views?
(ll. 85-88, p. 90)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS (Poetry); found again searching "law" and "mind"
Citation
Cowper, William. The Poems of William Cowper. 3 vols. Ed. John D. Baird and Charles Ryskamp. Oxford: Oxford UP: 1980. Vol II.
Date of Entry
12/17/2003
