"Many such Theaters lodge in that Breast, / Where this at largest, a small space possest."
— Leigh, Richard (1649/50-1728)
Date
1675
Metaphor
"Many such Theaters lodge in that Breast, / Where this at largest, a small space possest."
Metaphor in Context
What is the Founder's due? whose brave Soul gives
As largely as the Artists hand contrives.
A Soul, like his Skill, vast, like his Work, great;
Capacious though that be, of more Receit.
If that for hugest Crowds does place provide,
This more receives, and opens yet more wide.
So full of Room, and of so free Access,
As neither Straitness knows, nor Emptiness.
Many such Theaters lodge in that Breast,
Where this at largest, a small space possest.
As largely as the Artists hand contrives.
A Soul, like his Skill, vast, like his Work, great;
Capacious though that be, of more Receit.
If that for hugest Crowds does place provide,
This more receives, and opens yet more wide.
So full of Room, and of so free Access,
As neither Straitness knows, nor Emptiness.
Many such Theaters lodge in that Breast,
Where this at largest, a small space possest.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "theat" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/13/2006
