"'Just at this time the balance of the mind / 'Is this or that way by the weights inclined; / 'In this scale beauty, wealth in that abides, / 'In dubious balance, till the last subsides;"
— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Author
Work Title
Date
1819
Metaphor
"'Just at this time the balance of the mind / 'Is this or that way by the weights inclined; / 'In this scale beauty, wealth in that abides, / 'In dubious balance, till the last subsides;"
Metaphor in Context
"That I do not see;
"Just at this time the balance of the mind
"Is this or that way by the weights inclined;
"In this scale beauty, wealth in that abides,
"In dubious balance, till the last subsides;
"Things are not poised in just the equal state,
"That the ass stands stock-still in the debate;
"Though when deciding he may slowly pass
"And long for both--the nature of the ass;
"'Tis but an impulse that he must obey
"When he resigns one bundle of the hay."
"Just at this time the balance of the mind
"Is this or that way by the weights inclined;
"In this scale beauty, wealth in that abides,
"In dubious balance, till the last subsides;
"Things are not poised in just the equal state,
"That the ass stands stock-still in the debate;
"Though when deciding he may slowly pass
"And long for both--the nature of the ass;
"'Tis but an impulse that he must obey
"When he resigns one bundle of the hay."
Categories
Provenance
Searching "balance" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
12/11/2006
