"But when thy true poetic lays, / Pierce to the Heart's remotest cell; / We feel the conscious innate praise"

— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Richard Phillips [etc.]
Date
1806
Metaphor
"But when thy true poetic lays, / Pierce to the Heart's remotest cell; / We feel the conscious innate praise"
Metaphor in Context
But when thy true poetic lays,
Pierce to the Heart's remotest cell;
We feel the conscious innate praise,
Which feeble language fails to tell.

Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "cell" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
08/16/2005

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