Some dreams "more strong, abiding figures draw / 'Upon the brain, and we assert 'I saw;'"

— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)


Work Title
Date
1819
Metaphor
Some dreams "more strong, abiding figures draw / 'Upon the brain, and we assert 'I saw;'"
Metaphor in Context
"Yes, all are dreams; but some as we awake
"Fly off at once, and no impression make;
"Others are felt, and ere they quit the brain
"Make such impression that they come again;
"As half familiar thoughts, and half unknown,
"And scarcely recollected as our own;
"For half a day abide some vulgar dreams,
"And give our grandams and our nurses themes;
"Others, more strong, abiding figures draw
"Upon the brain, and we assert 'I saw;'

"And then the fancy on the organs place
"A powerful likeness of a form and face.
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Dreams
Date of Entry
05/18/2005

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