"In the Recesses of a private Breast, / I thought to entertain your charming Guest, / And never to have boasted of my Feast."

— Flatman, Thomas (1635-1688)

Author

Flatman, Thomas (1635-1688)

Work Title

On Dr. Woodford's Paraphrase on the Canticles. [from Poems and Songs, by Thomas Flatman. The Fourth Edition with many Additions and Amendments]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Benjamin Tooke [etc.]
Date
1686
Metaphor
"In the Recesses of a private Breast, / I thought to entertain your charming Guest, / And never to have boasted of my Feast."
Metaphor in Context
In the Recesses of a private Breast,
I thought to entertain your charming Guest,
And never to have boasted of my Feast.
Categories
Population::Guest Architecture::Recess
Provenance
Searching "thought" and "guest" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "breast"
Date of Entry
03/14/2006

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