"'Yes, all are dreams; but some as we awake / 'Fly off at once, and no impression make; / 'Others are felt, and ere they quit the brain / 'Make such impression that they come again"
— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Author
Work Title
Date
1819
Metaphor
"'Yes, all are dreams; but some as we awake / 'Fly off at once, and no impression make; / 'Others are felt, and ere they quit the brain / 'Make such impression that they come again"
Metaphor in Context
"Yes, all are dreams; but some as we awake
"Fly off at once, and no impression make;
"Others are felt, and ere they quit the brain
"Make such impression that they come again;
"As half familiar thoughts, and half unknown,
"And scarcely recollected as our own;
"For half a day abide some vulgar dreams,
"And give our grandams and our nurses themes;
"Others, more strong, abiding figures draw
"Upon the brain, and we assert 'I saw;'
"And then the fancy on the organs place
"A powerful likeness of a form and face.
"Fly off at once, and no impression make;
"Others are felt, and ere they quit the brain
"Make such impression that they come again;
"As half familiar thoughts, and half unknown,
"And scarcely recollected as our own;
"For half a day abide some vulgar dreams,
"And give our grandams and our nurses themes;
"Others, more strong, abiding figures draw
"Upon the brain, and we assert 'I saw;'
"And then the fancy on the organs place
"A powerful likeness of a form and face.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "brain" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Dreams
Date of Entry
05/18/2005
