"But thought that strives to reunite / In polished facets of the mind / The broken colours of the light / Baffled in mists of human kind."
— Money-Coutts, Francis Burdett Thomas, 5th Lord Latimer (1852-1923)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London and New York
Publisher
John Lane: The Bodley Head
Date
1900
Metaphor
"But thought that strives to reunite / In polished facets of the mind / The broken colours of the light / Baffled in mists of human kind."
Metaphor in Context
But thought that strives to reunite
In polished facets of the mind
The broken colours of the light
Baffled in mists of human kind;
Or weaves with reasonable hands,
Into a strong enduring chain
Of texture, all the separate strands
Of all the knowledge men attain.
(p. 99)
In polished facets of the mind
The broken colours of the light
Baffled in mists of human kind;
Or weaves with reasonable hands,
Into a strong enduring chain
Of texture, all the separate strands
Of all the knowledge men attain.
(p. 99)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Edition on Google Books: Link.
Date of Entry
12/23/2007
