"There thou sittest in thy wonted corner / Lone and awful in thy darkened mind."
— Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Macmillan
Date
1873
Metaphor
"There thou sittest in thy wonted corner / Lone and awful in thy darkened mind."
Metaphor in Context
The fire is burning clear and blithely,
Pleasantly whistles the winter wind;
We are about thee, thy friends and kindred,
On us all flickers the firelight kind;
There thou sittest in thy wonted corner
Lone and awful in thy darkened mind.
(ll. 1-5)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
Citation
Lowell, J.R. Poetical Works. London: Macmillan, 1873. <Link to Google Books edition>
Date of Entry
02/27/2009
