The Mind

Song: Break, Fantasy, from Thy Cave of Cloud

by Ben Jonson 1572-1637

From The Vision of Delight

The Mind

Break, Fantasy, from thy cave of cloud,
And spread thy purple wings;
Now all thy figures are allowed,
And various shapes of things;
Create of airy forms a stream,
It must have blood, and nought of phlegm,
And though it be a waking dream,
Yet let it like an odour rise
To all the senses here,
And fall like sleep upon their eyes,
Or music in their ear.

MLA

Jonson, Ben. “Song: Break, Fantasy, from Thy Cave of Cloud.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/318/.

Chicago

Jonson, Ben. “Song: Break, Fantasy, from Thy Cave of Cloud.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/318/.

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