"My soul her bondage ill endures; / I pant for liberty like yours."

— Cowper, William (1731-1800)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Williams
Date
1801
Metaphor
"My soul her bondage ill endures; / I pant for liberty like yours."
Metaphor in Context
My soul her bondage ill endures;
I pant for liberty like yours
;
I long for that immense profound,
That knows no bottom, and no bound;
Lost in infinity, to prove
The incomprehensible of Love.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "bond" and "soul" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
01/08/2012

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