"Such mirror is the human mind, / When calm composure gilds our day; / And such, alas! the change we find, / When ruffling passions mark their sway."

— Park, Thomas (1759-1834)

Author

Park, Thomas (1759-1834)

Work Title

A Walking Rumination [from Nugæ Modernæ: Morning thoughts, and midnight musings: consisting of casual reflections, egotisms, &c. In prose and verse. By Thomas Park]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown
Date
1818
Metaphor
"Such mirror is the human mind, / When calm composure gilds our day; / And such, alas! the change we find, / When ruffling passions mark their sway."
Metaphor in Context
The lake unruffled, will reflect
A picture fair of earth and skies;
But how distorted its effect,
When ripples o'er the surface rise.

Such mirror is the human mind,
When calm composure gilds our day;
And such, alas! the change we find,
When ruffling passions mark their sway.
Categories
Optics::Mirror Government::Rule and Subjection::Rule of Passion
Provenance
HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/01/2010

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.