"The Critic, too, with wit and taste refined, / Holds up the mirror that reflects the mind;"
— 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
"The Critic, too, with wit and taste refined, / Holds up the mirror that reflects the mind;"
Metaphor in Context
The Critic, too, with wit and taste refined,
Holds up the mirror that reflects the mind;
And while his ready weapon, bright and keen,
With dextrous stroke inflicts the wound unseen,
So much its dazzling rays the sight confound,
We gaze, forgetful of the recent wound.
Holds up the mirror that reflects the mind;
And while his ready weapon, bright and keen,
With dextrous stroke inflicts the wound unseen,
So much its dazzling rays the sight confound,
We gaze, forgetful of the recent wound.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "mirror" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/28/2005
