"I am this crumb of dust which is design'd / To make my Pen unto thy Praise alone, / And my dull Phancy I would gladly grinde / Unto an Edge on Zions Pretious Stone."
— Taylor, Edward (1642-1729)
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Work Title
Date
1682-1735
Metaphor
"I am this crumb of dust which is design'd / To make my Pen unto thy Praise alone, / And my dull Phancy I would gladly grinde / Unto an Edge on Zions Pretious Stone."
Metaphor in Context
I am this crumb of dust which is design'd
To make my Pen unto thy Praise alone,
And my dull Phancy I would gladly grinde
Unto an Edge on Zions Pretious Stone:
And Write in Liquid Gold upon they Name
My Letters till thy glory forth doth flame.
(p. 33)
To make my Pen unto thy Praise alone,
And my dull Phancy I would gladly grinde
Unto an Edge on Zions Pretious Stone:
And Write in Liquid Gold upon they Name
My Letters till thy glory forth doth flame.
(p. 33)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Axelrod, Steven Gould, Camille Roman, and Thomas J. Travisano. The New Anthology of American Poetry. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2003
Date of Entry
11/03/2003
Date of Review
03/23/2009
