"And all the floating thoughts we find / Upon the surface of the mind."
— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Hayley
Date
1803
Metaphor
"And all the floating thoughts we find / Upon the surface of the mind."
Metaphor in Context
Dear Anna--between friend and friend,
Prose answers every common end;
Serves, in a plain and homely way,
To express the occurrence of the day;
Our health, the weather, and the news,
What walks we take, what books we choose,
And all the floating thoughts we find
Upon the surface of the mind.
(ll. 109-168, pp. 263-5)
Prose answers every common end;
Serves, in a plain and homely way,
To express the occurrence of the day;
Our health, the weather, and the news,
What walks we take, what books we choose,
And all the floating thoughts we find
Upon the surface of the mind.
(ll. 109-168, pp. 263-5)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Cowper, William. The Poems of William Cowper. 3 vols. Ed. John D. Baird and Charles Ryskamp. Oxford: Oxford UP: 1980. Vol I.
Theme
Stream of Consciousness
Date of Entry
12/29/2003
