"O reader! had you in your mind / Such stores as silent thought can bring."

— Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)


Date
1798
Metaphor
"O reader! had you in your mind / Such stores as silent thought can bring."
Metaphor in Context
O reader! had you in your mind
Such stores as silent thought can bring
,
O gentle reader! you would find
A tale in every thing.
What more I have to say is short,
I hope you'll kindly take it;
It is no tale; but should you think,
Perhaps a tale you'll make it.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
09/29/2006

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