"What was this grief, which ne'er in other minds / A mirror found"
— Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)
Work Title
Date
1824
Metaphor
"What was this grief, which ne'er in other minds / A mirror found"
Metaphor in Context
Though such were in his spirit, as the fiends
Which wake and feed an everliving woe,--
What was this grief, which ne'er in other minds
A mirror found,--he knew not--none could know;
But on whoe'er might question him he turned
The light of his frank eyes, as if to show
He knew not of the grief within that burned,
But asked forbearance with a mournful look;
Or spoke in words from which none ever learned
Which wake and feed an everliving woe,--
What was this grief, which ne'er in other minds
A mirror found,--he knew not--none could know;
But on whoe'er might question him he turned
The light of his frank eyes, as if to show
He knew not of the grief within that burned,
But asked forbearance with a mournful look;
Or spoke in words from which none ever learned
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "mirror" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
10/21/2005
