The poet is "a passionate lover of that unspeakable and everlasting bewtie to be seene by the eyes of the mind"

— Sidney, Philip, Sir (1554-1586)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for William Ponsonby
Date
1595 [c. 1579 in ms.]
Metaphor
The poet is "a passionate lover of that unspeakable and everlasting bewtie to be seene by the eyes of the mind"
Metaphor in Context
[The poet is] a passionate lover of that unspeakable and everlasting bewtie to be seene by the eyes of the mind
Provenance
Reading Alwin Thaler's "In My Mind's Eye, Horatio." Shakespeare Quarterly. Vol. 7, No. 4 (Autumn, 1965), p. 353.
Citation
Philip Sidney, The Defence of Poesie by Sir Phillip Sidney (London: Printed for William Ponsonby, 1595.) <Link to EEBO>
Theme
Mind's Eye
Date of Entry
04/18/2006

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