"Who th' Image yet unborn did entertain, / And hous'd the Theater within his Brain."
— Leigh, Richard (1649/50-1728)
Date
1675
Metaphor
"Who th' Image yet unborn did entertain, / And hous'd the Theater within his Brain."
Metaphor in Context
This to the Work. But what should all erect
In honour of so wise an Architect?
Who th' Image yet unborn did entertain,
And hous'd the Theater within his Brain.
There once it stood, so great, so strong, so fair,
And so adorn'd; as now it does appear.
Each Part its measure, use and place possest,
Without the least encroachment on the rest.
Distinct, as Platonists those Beauties feign'd,
Which in Idea's their First Mind contein'd.
The Intellectual Theater appear'd,
As in the Fancy by a Builder rear'd.
And labour'd with less noise, but not less Art
Than that, to which it Pattern did impart.
In honour of so wise an Architect?
Who th' Image yet unborn did entertain,
And hous'd the Theater within his Brain.
There once it stood, so great, so strong, so fair,
And so adorn'd; as now it does appear.
Each Part its measure, use and place possest,
Without the least encroachment on the rest.
Distinct, as Platonists those Beauties feign'd,
Which in Idea's their First Mind contein'd.
The Intellectual Theater appear'd,
As in the Fancy by a Builder rear'd.
And labour'd with less noise, but not less Art
Than that, to which it Pattern did impart.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "theat" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "brain"
Date of Entry
04/13/2006
