"That oon of hem was blynd and myghte not see, / But it were with thilke eyen of his mynde / With whiche men seen, after that they ben blynde."
— Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 1340-1400)
Work Title
Date
1386-1400
Metaphor
"That oon of hem was blynd and myghte not see, / But it were with thilke eyen of his mynde / With whiche men seen, after that they ben blynde."
Metaphor in Context
That oon of hem was blynd and myghte not see,
But it were with thilke eyen of his mynde
With whiche men seen, after that they ben blynde.
(ll. 550-2)
But it were with thilke eyen of his mynde
With whiche men seen, after that they ben blynde.
(ll. 550-2)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Alwin Thaler's "In My Mind's Eye, Horatio." Shakespeare Quarterly. Vol. 7, No. 4 (Autumn, 1965), p. 351.
Theme
Mind's Eye
Date of Entry
04/18/2006
