A Hecatean Hag may "Worke mindes as wax"
— Roche, Robert (1576-1629)
Author
Date
1599
Metaphor
A Hecatean Hag may "Worke mindes as wax"
Metaphor in Context
Lets then hunt out, some old Hecatean hagge,
That can eclipse the moone, and clowde the sonne:
Sweepe hilles away, and cause the grownd to wagge:
Make headlong streames, backe to their heads to ron,
Raise spirites (as Saul in Endor saw was done)
Worke mindes as wax, make wayward will, loues thrall,
Lets trie their skill, before we venture all.
That can eclipse the moone, and clowde the sonne:
Sweepe hilles away, and cause the grownd to wagge:
Make headlong streames, backe to their heads to ron,
Raise spirites (as Saul in Endor saw was done)
Worke mindes as wax, make wayward will, loues thrall,
Lets trie their skill, before we venture all.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "wax" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/27/2005
