"Our bodies are like shoes, which off we cast; / Physic their cobler is, and death their last."

— Anonymous


Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Lackington, Allen, and Co.
Date
1806
Metaphor
"Our bodies are like shoes, which off we cast; / Physic their cobler is, and death their last."
Metaphor in Context
Cirencester Church-Yard
Our bodies are like shoes, which off we cast;
Physic their cobler is, and death their last.
(II, p. 190)
Categories
Provenance
Reading in Google Books
Citation
From A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical, Biographical, Literary, and Miscellaneous, 2 vols. (London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, Co., 1806). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
07/17/2012

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