"How soft the first Ideas prove, / Which wander through our Minds!"

— Finch [née], Anne, Countess of Winchilsea (1666-1720)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. B. and sold by Benj. Tooke
Date
1713
Metaphor
"How soft the first Ideas prove, / Which wander through our Minds!"
Metaphor in Context
How soft the first Ideas prove,
Which wander through our Minds!

How full the Joys, how free the Love,
Which do's that early Season move;
As Flow'rs the Western Winds!
(p. 260)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in ECCO-TCP
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1713).

Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions. Written by a Lady. (London: Printed for J. B. and sold by Benj. Tooke at the Middle-Temple-Gate, William Taylor in Pater-Noster-Row, and James Round in Exchange-Alley, Cornhil, 1713). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
07/02/2014

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