"He was yet bending thoughtful o'er the fountain, / Which nothing did but sparkle, play, and curl, / And in the mirror of his mind was counting / Each brilliant drop which fell like orient pearl"
— Wiffen, Jermiah Holmes (1792-1836)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Date
1819
Metaphor
"He was yet bending thoughtful o'er the fountain, / Which nothing did but sparkle, play, and curl, / And in the mirror of his mind was counting / Each brilliant drop which fell like orient pearl"
Metaphor in Context
He was yet bending thoughtful o'er the fountain,
Which nothing did but sparkle, play, and curl,
And in the mirror of his mind was counting
Each brilliant drop which fell like orient pearl,
Kissed by the sunbeams--when that prying girl,
Young Curiosìta rushing to the well,
Her blue and busy eyes fixt on the whirl
Of waters, bade him seize a chorded shell
At the fount's base, on which a mimic rainbow fell.
Which nothing did but sparkle, play, and curl,
And in the mirror of his mind was counting
Each brilliant drop which fell like orient pearl,
Kissed by the sunbeams--when that prying girl,
Young Curiosìta rushing to the well,
Her blue and busy eyes fixt on the whirl
Of waters, bade him seize a chorded shell
At the fount's base, on which a mimic rainbow fell.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "mirror" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
10/23/2005
