"The eye, which speaks the soul divine, / The face, which shews the nobler mind, / As on the mirror living objects shine, / In earth or heavens, what beams there so refin'd?"

— Dyer, George (1755-1841)

Author

Dyer, George (1755-1841)

Work Title

Ode XV. To a Miniature Painter, on Her Taking the Correct Likenesses of Two Esteemed Friends [from Poetics: Or, a series of poems, and disquisitions on poetry. By George Dyer]

Place of Publication
London
Date
1812
Metaphor
"The eye, which speaks the soul divine, / The face, which shews the nobler mind, / As on the mirror living objects shine, / In earth or heavens, what beams there so refin'd?"
Metaphor in Context
The eye, which speaks the soul divine,
The face, which shews the nobler mind,
As on the mirror living objects shine,
In earth or heavens, what beams there so refin'd?
Categories
Optics::Mirror
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "mirror" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
10/10/2005

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