A Hecatean Hag may "Worke mindes as wax"

— Roche, Robert (1576-1629)


Date
1599
Metaphor
A Hecatean Hag may "Worke mindes as wax"
Metaphor in Context
Lets then hunt out, some old Hecatean hagge,
That can eclipse the moone, and clowde the sonne:
Sweepe hilles away, and cause the grownd to wagge:
Make headlong streames, backe to their heads to ron,
Raise spirites (as Saul in Endor saw was done)
  Worke mindes as wax, make wayward will, loues thrall,
  Lets trie their skill, before we venture all.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "wax" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/27/2005

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