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...THE WEST COUNTRY by ALICE CARY THE STIRRUP-CUP by SIDNEY LANIER THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 31. HER GIFTS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI JOLLY NOSE by WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH PENTRIDGE BY THE RIVER by WILLIAM BARNES |