"Heere ar no eyes, why, they ar in my minde, / Wherby I see the fortunes of mankind."
— Anonymous
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Oxford
Date
1602
Metaphor
"Heere ar no eyes, why, they ar in my minde, / Wherby I see the fortunes of mankind."
Metaphor in Context
Enter Tyresias.
All you that see mee heere in byshoppes rochett,
And I see not, your heads may runne on crotchett,
For ought I knowe, to knowe what manner wight
In this strange guise I am, or how I hight;
I am Tyresias, the not seeing prophett,
Blinde though I bee, I pray lett noe man scoffe it:
For blind I am, yea, blind as any beetle,
And cannot see a whitt, no, nere so little.
Heere ar no eyes, why, they ar in my minde,
Wherby I see the fortunes of mankind;
Who made mee blind? Jove? I may say to you noe;
But it was Joves wife & his sister Juno.
Juno & Jove fell out, both biggest gods,
And I was hee tooke vpp the merrye oddes.
You knowe it all, I am sure, 'tis somewhat common,
And how besides seven yeares I was a woman;
Which if you knowe you doe know all my state:
Come on, Ile fold the fortune of your fate.
(pp. 7-8)
All you that see mee heere in byshoppes rochett,
And I see not, your heads may runne on crotchett,
For ought I knowe, to knowe what manner wight
In this strange guise I am, or how I hight;
I am Tyresias, the not seeing prophett,
Blinde though I bee, I pray lett noe man scoffe it:
For blind I am, yea, blind as any beetle,
And cannot see a whitt, no, nere so little.
Heere ar no eyes, why, they ar in my minde,
Wherby I see the fortunes of mankind;
Who made mee blind? Jove? I may say to you noe;
But it was Joves wife & his sister Juno.
Juno & Jove fell out, both biggest gods,
And I was hee tooke vpp the merrye oddes.
You knowe it all, I am sure, 'tis somewhat common,
And how besides seven yeares I was a woman;
Which if you knowe you doe know all my state:
Come on, Ile fold the fortune of your fate.
(pp. 7-8)
Categories
Provenance
Browsing at UVa E-Text Center
Citation
Narcissus: A Twelfe Night Merriment (David Nutt: London, 1893). <Link to UVa E-Text Center Edition>
Theme
Mind's Eye
Date of Entry
06/06/2011
