"When you, my Friend, in lucky hour, / Bestow'd the sight-relieving power; / A boon as useful as 'tis kind-- / Yet had no Eye but of the mind-- / Had I been deaf, and blind, and dumb, / For half a century to come, / That Eye, in vision bright and clear, / Would view your worth, and hold it dear"
— Pratt, Samuel Jackson [pseud. Courtney Melmoth] (1749-1814)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Richard Phillips
Date
1805
Metaphor
"When you, my Friend, in lucky hour, / Bestow'd the sight-relieving power; / A boon as useful as 'tis kind-- / Yet had no Eye but of the mind-- / Had I been deaf, and blind, and dumb, / For half a century to come, / That Eye, in vision bright and clear, / Would view your worth, and hold it dear"
Metaphor in Context
When you, my Friend, in lucky hour,
Bestow'd the sight-relieving power;
A boon as useful as 'tis kind--
Yet had no Eye but of the mind--
Had I been deaf, and blind, and dumb,
For half a century to come,
That Eye, in vision bright and clear,
Would view your worth, and hold it dear.
But now, assisted by your gift,
Which gives the Optic Nerves a lift--
I see to tell you, till they sever,
Or close in death--I'm yours for ever!
Bestow'd the sight-relieving power;
A boon as useful as 'tis kind--
Yet had no Eye but of the mind--
Had I been deaf, and blind, and dumb,
For half a century to come,
That Eye, in vision bright and clear,
Would view your worth, and hold it dear.
But now, assisted by your gift,
Which gives the Optic Nerves a lift--
I see to tell you, till they sever,
Or close in death--I'm yours for ever!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "eye" in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Mind's Eye
Date of Entry
04/17/2006