"As pliant hands in shapes refin'd / Rich iv'ry carve and smooth, / His laws thus mould each ductile mind, / And ev'ry passion soothe"

— Jones, Sir William (1746-1794)


Date
1810
Metaphor
"As pliant hands in shapes refin'd / Rich iv'ry carve and smooth, / His laws thus mould each ductile mind, / And ev'ry passion soothe"
Metaphor in Context
So shines our prince! In bright array
  The virtues round him wait;
And sweetly smil'd th'auspicious day,
  That rais'd him o'er our state.

As pliant hands in shapes refin'd
  Rich iv'ry carve and smooth,
His
laws thus mould each ductile mind ,
  And ev'ry passion soothe.


As gems are taught by patient art
  In sparkling ranks to beam,
With manners thus he forms the heart,
  And spreads a gen'ral gleam.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from The Poetical Works of William Jones. With the Life of the Author, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Nichols and Son; R. Baldwin, 1810).
Date of Entry
04/20/2005

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