That learned Father, who so firmly proves The Soul of man immortal and divine, And doth the several offices define: Anima - Gives her that name, as she the Body moves; Amor - Then is she Love, embracing charity; Animus - Moving a Will in us, it is the Mind Mens - Retaining knowledge, still the same in kind; Memoria - As intellectual, it is Memory; Ratio - In judging, Reason only is her name; Sensus - In speedy apprehension, it is Sense; Conscientia - In right or wrong, they call her Conscience; Spiritus - The Spirit, when it to Godward doth inflame. These of the Soul the several functions be, Which my Heart, lighten'd by thy love, doth see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THERE IS NO NATURAL RELIGION (B) by WILLIAM BLAKE TO FLUSH, MY DOG by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT AGAINST THEM WHO LAY UNCHASTITY TO THE SEX OF WOMAN by WILLIAM HABINGTON THE BLINDED BIRD by THOMAS HARDY THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES by CHARLES LAMB |