"Methinks as thrown upon some Fairy Land, / Amaz'd we know not how, nor where we stand; / While tripping Phantoms to the Sight advance, / And gay Ideas lead the mazy Dance."

— Pitt, Christopher (1699-1748)


Date
w. 1718, 1727
Metaphor
"Methinks as thrown upon some Fairy Land, / Amaz'd we know not how, nor where we stand; / While tripping Phantoms to the Sight advance, / And gay Ideas lead the mazy Dance."
Metaphor in Context
Methinks as thrown upon some Fairy Land,
Amaz'd we know not how, nor where we stand;
While tripping Phantoms to the Sight advance,
And gay Ideas lead the mazy Dance
:
While wondring we behold in every part
The beauteous Scenes of thy creating Art.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "dance" and "idea" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
01/19/2012

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