The "ethereal mind" may be clouded

— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
Date
1825
Metaphor
The "ethereal mind" may be clouded
Metaphor in Context
Bustle and hurry, noise and thrall they hate,
  And plodding Method with her leaden rule;
  And all that swells the' unwieldy pomp of state,
  And all that binds to earth the golden fool;
  And creeping Labour with his patient tool:
  Free like the birds they wander unconfined,
  Nor dip their wings in Lucre's muddy pool;
  Business they hate, in crowded nook enshrined,
That spins her dirty web, and clouds the' ethereal mind.
(ll. )
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Citation
Some text drawn from The Works of Anna Lætitia Barbauld. With a Memoir by Lucy Aikin (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Browne, and Green, 1825).

Reading McCarthy, William and Kraft, Elizabeth, eds. Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose (Ontario: Broadview Press, 2002).
Date of Entry
01/02/2004

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.