"'She kept a sort of balance in the mind, / 'And as his pole a dancer on the rope, / 'The equal poise on both sides kept me up."
— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Author
Work Title
Date
1819
Metaphor
"'She kept a sort of balance in the mind, / 'And as his pole a dancer on the rope, / 'The equal poise on both sides kept me up."
Metaphor in Context
"Thus saying nothing, all she meant to say,
"She play'd the part the sex delights to play;
"Now by some act of kindness giving scope
"To the new workings of excited hope,
"Then by an air of something like disdain,
"But scarcely seen, repelling it again;
"Then for a season, neither cold nor kind,
"She kept a sort of balance in the mind,
"And as his pole a dancer on the rope,
"The equal poise on both sides kept me up.
"She play'd the part the sex delights to play;
"Now by some act of kindness giving scope
"To the new workings of excited hope,
"Then by an air of something like disdain,
"But scarcely seen, repelling it again;
"Then for a season, neither cold nor kind,
"She kept a sort of balance in the mind,
"And as his pole a dancer on the rope,
"The equal poise on both sides kept me up.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "balance" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
12/11/2006
