"Minerve for the hed thei soghten, / For sche was wys, and of a man / The wit and reson which he can / Is in the celles of the brayn, / Wherof thei made hire soverain."
— Gower, John (c. 1330-1408)
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Work Title
Date
1390
Metaphor
"Minerve for the hed thei soghten, / For sche was wys, and of a man / The wit and reson which he can / Is in the celles of the brayn, / Wherof thei made hire soverain."
Metaphor in Context
Minerve for the hed thei soghten,
For sche was wys, and of a man
The wit and reson which he can
Is in the celles of the brayn,
Wherof thei made hire soverain.
(V.1463)
For sche was wys, and of a man
The wit and reson which he can
Is in the celles of the brayn,
Wherof thei made hire soverain.
(V.1463)
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Provenance
Contributed by Suzanne Morgen, searching "brayn" in Middle English Dictionary
Citation
Gower, John. The English Works of John Gower. Ed. G.C. Macaulay. Vol. II. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1901.
Date of Entry
06/05/2009
