"Stretch the Mind's Eye, and then behold, / Though circling Rounds thy Steps may tread"

— Collins, John [called Brush Collins] (1742-1808)

Author

Collins, John [called Brush Collins] (1742-1808)

Work Title

A Serious Farewell to a Year of Troubles. [from Scripscrapologia; or, Collins's Doggerel Dish Of All Sorts. Consisting of Songs Adapted to familiar Tunes, And which may be sung without the Chaunterpipe of an Italian Warbler, or the ravishing Accompaniments of Tweedle-Dum or Tweedle-Dee. Particularly those which have been most applauded in the author's once popular performance, call'd, The Brush. The Gallimaufry garnished with a variety of comic tales, quaint epigrams, whimsical epitaphs, &c. &c]

Place of Publication
Birmingham
Publisher
Publish'd by the Author Himself, and Printed by M. Swinney
Date
1804
Metaphor
"Stretch the Mind's Eye, and then behold, / Though circling Rounds thy Steps may tread"
Metaphor in Context
Stretch the Mind's Eye, and then behold,
Though circling Rounds thy Steps may tread;
Not Pomp, nor Pow'r, nor Piles of Gold,
Can bar thy mingling with the Dead.
Categories
Body::Eye::Mind's Eye
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "eye" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/17/2006

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