"Elf, we'll promote the cause of human weal, / To yon dissecting sage these truths reveal. / Show him what use the Renal Capsule serves, / The liquid Fire that floats along the nerves; / Give him the office of the Spleen to find, / And let him see the Nidus of the mind."
— Jones, Jenkin [Captain] (fl. 1798)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
M. Allen
Date
1798 [1797?]
Metaphor
"Elf, we'll promote the cause of human weal, / To yon dissecting sage these truths reveal. / Show him what use the Renal Capsule serves, / The liquid Fire that floats along the nerves; / Give him the office of the Spleen to find, / And let him see the Nidus of the mind."
Metaphor in Context
"[...] Elf, we'll promote the cause of human weal,
To yon dissecting sage these truths reveal.
Show him what use the Renal Capsule serves,
The liquid Fire that floats along the nerves;
Give him the office of the Spleen to find,
And let him fee the Nidus of the mind.
-- I'll set my Sylph a task, come hither sprite,
Go seek from whence the Sun derives his light;
Then o'er one grain of sand perpetual sit,
Nor move till it is infinitely split."
Thus raves the Genius, while they seek her lock,
Her incoherent flights the fairies mock [...]
(p. 112)
To yon dissecting sage these truths reveal.
Show him what use the Renal Capsule serves,
The liquid Fire that floats along the nerves;
Give him the office of the Spleen to find,
And let him fee the Nidus of the mind.
-- I'll set my Sylph a task, come hither sprite,
Go seek from whence the Sun derives his light;
Then o'er one grain of sand perpetual sit,
Nor move till it is infinitely split."
Thus raves the Genius, while they seek her lock,
Her incoherent flights the fairies mock [...]
(p. 112)
Categories
Provenance
Reading at the Folger
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1798).
Jenkin Jones, Hobby Horses: A Poetic Allegory (London: Printed for M. Allen, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Jenkin Jones, Hobby Horses: A Poetic Allegory (London: Printed for M. Allen, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
05/16/2013
