"I am the mirror of man's mind, / In whose serene impassive face / What cannot die on earth you trace"
— Montgomery, James (1771-1854)
Work Title
Date
1850
Metaphor
"I am the mirror of man's mind, / In whose serene impassive face / What cannot die on earth you trace"
Metaphor in Context
"What am I, then?--I am a power
Years cannot waste, nor flames devour,
Nor waters drown, nor tyrants bind;
I am the mirror of man's mind,
In whose serene impassive face
What cannot die on earth you trace;
Not phantom shapes, that come and fly,
But, like the concave of the sky,
In which the stars, by night and day,
Seen or unseen, hold on their way.
Years cannot waste, nor flames devour,
Nor waters drown, nor tyrants bind;
I am the mirror of man's mind,
In whose serene impassive face
What cannot die on earth you trace;
Not phantom shapes, that come and fly,
But, like the concave of the sky,
In which the stars, by night and day,
Seen or unseen, hold on their way.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "mirror" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
10/10/2005
