"Retire: but look into your past impression! / And you will find, though shuddering at the mirror / Of your own thoughts, in all their self confession, / The lurking bias, be it truth or error, / To the unknown."
— Byron, George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron (1788-1824)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Hunt
Date
1823
Metaphor
"Retire: but look into your past impression! / And you will find, though shuddering at the mirror / Of your own thoughts, in all their self confession, / The lurking bias, be it truth or error, / To the unknown."
Metaphor in Context
'Tis true, you don't--but, pale and struck with terror,
Retire: but look into your past impression!
And you will find, though shuddering at the mirror
Of your own thoughts, in all their self confession,
The lurking bias, be it truth or error,
To the unknown; a secret prepossession,
To plunge with all your fears--but where? You know not,
And that's the reason why you do--or do not.
Retire: but look into your past impression!
And you will find, though shuddering at the mirror
Of your own thoughts, in all their self confession,
The lurking bias, be it truth or error,
To the unknown; a secret prepossession,
To plunge with all your fears--but where? You know not,
And that's the reason why you do--or do not.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "thought" and "mirror" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Byron, Don Juan (London: Printed for John Hunt, 1823).
Date of Entry
12/14/2005
