"His thoughts as silver flow"

— Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)


Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Privately printed
Date
1757
Metaphor
"His thoughts as silver flow"
Metaphor in Context
See first a man--of heart as proud
As Lucifer, and half as loud:
As wanton too his eye:
Believe his tale, he's meek and low:
So pure--His thoughts as silver flow:
His mind ne'er mounted high!

Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "silver" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/03/2005

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