"'Tis only those of purer clay / 'From sensual dross refined, / 'In whom the passions pleas'd obey / 'The God within the mind, / 'Who share my delegated aid, / 'Through Wisdom's golden mean convey'd / 'From the first source of sov'reign good."

— Mason, William (1725-1797)


Work Title
Place of Publication
York
Publisher
Printed by W. Blanchard
Date
w. 1794, 1797
Metaphor
"'Tis only those of purer clay / 'From sensual dross refined, / 'In whom the passions pleas'd obey / 'The God within the mind, / 'Who share my delegated aid, / 'Through Wisdom's golden mean convey'd / 'From the first source of sov'reign good."
Metaphor in Context
"'Tis only those of purer clay
"From sensual dross refined,
"In whom the passions pleas'd obey
"The God within the mind,
"Who share my delegated aid,
"Through Wisdom's golden mean convey'd
"From the first source of sov'reign good
:
"All else to horrid license tends,
"Springs from vindictive pride, and ends
"In anarchy and blood.
Provenance
Searching "passion" and "dross" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from The Works of William Mason 4 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811). <Link to Google Books>

First published in Poems by William Mason, M.A., (York: Printed by W. Blanchard, 1797). <Link to Vol. III in Google Books>
Theme
Refinement
Date of Entry
07/19/2005

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