A "ripening mind" may be "fitted for a throne"

— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)


Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Date
1814
Metaphor
A "ripening mind" may be "fitted for a throne"
Metaphor in Context
Yet not in studious privacy alone
Thy ripening mind is fitted for a throne;

The blood derived from a heroic line,
That musters at the trumpet's sound, is thine;
Fired by the lineal ardour, thou hast been
Where death in every hideous form is seen:
Hast stood with Wellington the battle's shock,
Or climb'd with patient toil the armed rock;
Where, pouring thunders forth with hostile frown,
The castellated foe look'd proudly down.
Categories
Provenance
HDIS
Date of Entry
07/09/2004

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