None "can I find / No sterling unadulterated mind; / None that abides the crucible like mine"
— Frere, John Hookham (1769-1846)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Malta
Date
1842
Metaphor
None "can I find / No sterling unadulterated mind; / None that abides the crucible like mine"
Metaphor in Context
I search among my friends--none can I find,
No sterling unadulterated mind;
None that abides the crucible like mine
Rising above the standard--superfine!
No sterling unadulterated mind;
None that abides the crucible like mine
Rising above the standard--superfine!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "silver" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Theognis, and John Hookham Frere. Theognis Restitutus. The Personal History of the Poet Theognis. Malta: 1842; Frere, John Hookham, Aristophanes, Theognis, Bartle Frere, and William Edward Frere. The Works: In Verse and Prose. Vol. II. London: Pickering, 1872.
Date of Entry
06/03/2005
