The mind may be sick and impatient

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


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
Date
1825
Metaphor
The mind may be sick and impatient
Metaphor in Context
But oh! what opiate can assuage
The throbbing breast's tumultuous rage,
  Which mingling passions tear!
What art the wounds of grief can bind,
Or soothe the sick impatient mind
  Beneath corroding care!
(ll. )
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HDIS
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.