text,updated_at,metaphor,created_at,context,theme,reviewed_on,dictionary,comments,provenance,id,work_id
"""At length my fate more calmly I survey'd.
""If to propitiate the obdurate maid
""Were still by heav'n allow'd, my longer stay
""Would only the transporting bliss delay;
""If still relentless she should prove, my soul
""Might gain remission from her stern controul.
""By hope and fear thus torn, with eager haste
""Th' impression on my buckler I effac'd,
""Resolv'd that, till my fate should milder grow,
""Me as its once-fam'd bearer none should know.
""Arm'd at all points, and vaulting on my steed,
""To the Larissan court I urg'd his speed.
""In phrase the most respectful I essay'd
""To move the justice of the royal maid;
""I told my suff'rings, call'd on heav'n above
""To vouch my tender, my eternal love,
""And her permission humbly sought once more
""To claim her pity and her grace implore.
""The scroll I sent; her answer quickly came--
""By Heav'n! my madd'ning soul is in a flame
""When I reflect--Oh! may'st thou never know
""The tort'ring pangs, th' inexplicable woe,
""Which like a torrent overwhelm'd my soul,
""When I unopen'd saw again my scroll,
""Which from her cruel hand this sentence bore--
""'Never, oh prince, these eyes may see thee more.
""'This further proof of my resolve receive,
""'And, if my wish avail, Larissa leave.'--
""Yes too obdurate maid! Thou know'st too well
""The potency of that o'erpow'ring spell,
""Which spite of all that reason can suggest,
""Maintains despotic empire o'er my breast.
""Yes, yes! In all thy cruelty exult,
""Mock at my pangs, my constancy insult,
""To enhance my woes exert thine ev'ry art,
""Probe to its inmost core my tortur'd heart!
""That heart may break--But, while its pulses beat,
""There my immortal love shall hold its seat;
""And when, releas'd from sublunary ties,
""My soul to regions yet unknown shall rise,
""E'en in the trance and agony of death,
""Thy still dear name shall linger on my breath,
""With ev'ry pray'r for sacred mercy blend,
""And with my spirit to high heav'n ascend.--
""Forgive, forgive me, friend! My weakness needs
""The sympathy from friendship which proceeds.
""Methinks, already thy consoling sigh,
""The pitying tear which trembles in thine eye,
""Calm to repose my agitated soul:
""As if some opiate o'er my senses stole,
""The tempest of my heart subsides, again
""Reason asserts her interrupted reign.
""Let me then cherish her reviving beam,
""And quit, while yet I can, my painful theme:
""A few brief words, and those succinctly told,
""The sequel of my fortunes will unfold.
""With burning brain and agonizing breast,
""I paid obedience to the stern behest:
""My soul with wonder, as with passion, fraught,
""The town I quitted, and the forest sought.
""To thee I need not what ensued repeat,
""The story of my suff'rings is complete.""
",2009-09-14 19:46:36 UTC,"""[T]ort'ring pangs"" and inexplicable woe may ""like a torrent"" overwhelm the soul",2004-08-16 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","",HDIS,16351,6177
"""At length my fate more calmly I survey'd.
""If to propitiate the obdurate maid
""Were still by heav'n allow'd, my longer stay
""Would only the transporting bliss delay;
""If still relentless she should prove, my soul
""Might gain remission from her stern controul.
""By hope and fear thus torn, with eager haste
""Th' impression on my buckler I effac'd,
""Resolv'd that, till my fate should milder grow,
""Me as its once-fam'd bearer none should know.
""Arm'd at all points, and vaulting on my steed,
""To the Larissan court I urg'd his speed.
""In phrase the most respectful I essay'd
""To move the justice of the royal maid;
""I told my suff'rings, call'd on heav'n above
""To vouch my tender, my eternal love,
""And her permission humbly sought once more
""To claim her pity and her grace implore.
""The scroll I sent; her answer quickly came--
""By Heav'n! my madd'ning soul is in a flame
""When I reflect--Oh! may'st thou never know
""The tort'ring pangs, th' inexplicable woe,
""Which like a torrent overwhelm'd my soul,
""When I unopen'd saw again my scroll,
""Which from her cruel hand this sentence bore--
""'Never, oh prince, these eyes may see thee more.
""'This further proof of my resolve receive,
""'And, if my wish avail, Larissa leave.'--
""Yes too obdurate maid! Thou know'st too well
""The potency of that o'erpow'ring spell,
""Which spite of all that reason can suggest,
""Maintains despotic empire o'er my breast.
""Yes, yes! In all thy cruelty exult,
""Mock at my pangs, my constancy insult,
""To enhance my woes exert thine ev'ry art,
""Probe to its inmost core my tortur'd heart!
""That heart may break--But, while its pulses beat,
""There my immortal love shall hold its seat;
""And when, releas'd from sublunary ties,
""My soul to regions yet unknown shall rise,
""E'en in the trance and agony of death,
""Thy still dear name shall linger on my breath,
""With ev'ry pray'r for sacred mercy blend,
""And with my spirit to high heav'n ascend.--
""Forgive, forgive me, friend! My weakness needs
""The sympathy from friendship which proceeds.
""Methinks, already thy consoling sigh,
""The pitying tear which trembles in thine eye,
""Calm to repose my agitated soul:
""As if some opiate o'er my senses stole,
""The tempest of my heart subsides, again
""Reason asserts her interrupted reign.
""Let me then cherish her reviving beam,
""And quit, while yet I can, my painful theme:
""A few brief words, and those succinctly told,
""The sequel of my fortunes will unfold.
""With burning brain and agonizing breast,
""I paid obedience to the stern behest:
""My soul with wonder, as with passion, fraught,
""The town I quitted, and the forest sought.
""To thee I need not what ensued repeat,
""The story of my suff'rings is complete.""
",2009-09-14 19:46:37 UTC,"An ""o'erpow'ring spell may, in spite of ""all that reason can suggest,"" maintain ""despotic empire o'er [the] breast""",2004-08-16 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","","Searching ""reason"" and ""empire"" in HDIS (Poetry)",16352,6177
"""But wherefore thus each gracious phrase repeat,
""Which made her conquest of my heart complete?
""From that blest moment I her slave became,
""And nourish'd in my breast a sacred flame;
""I liv'd but in her presence; ev'ry thought
""From her its hue by inspiration caught:
""Whate'er of virtue lurk'd within my mind
""Became from her example more refin'd,
""Whate'er of ill had there admission gain'd
""Her purity or banish'd or restrain'd;
""From her my ev'ry thought and action sprung,
""Her eyes my guide, my oracle her tongue;
""The silent vassal of her charms I bow'd,
""Exulting in my fate, and of her fetters proud.
""Judge then, oh king! if my subjected heart
""Could 'gainst her sister act a traitor's part,
""If he, who liv'd but in Zapheria's sight,
""Could so ungratefully her smiles requite.
""No--When appearance most my treason prov'd,
""Then most Zapheria and thyself I lov'd,
""And when opposing thee my sword I drew,
""Then to thy service was my soul most true.",2009-09-14 19:46:37 UTC,A woman's conquest of a man's heart may be complete,2005-02-09 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","","Searching ""conque"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Poetry)",16353,6177
"""As thus I spoke, encrimson'd blushes dy'd
""Her cheek, her bosom--Fault'ring she replied,
""'Rise, royal Sir--nay, spare me, I implore--
""'I cannot answer--may not hear thee more--
""'Some other time perhaps'--'Oh! why not now,'
""I cried, 'thy Orosmanes' suit allow?
""'Since of thy charms the vassal I became,
""'Pure was my love, and holy was my flame,
""'Pure as thy peerless self! My realm I left,
""'Thy humblest slave I grew, of all bereft,
""'Save only of my honour and my truth;
""'Doom'd in obscurity to pass my youth,
""'Studious 'bove all that secret to conceal,
""'Which jealous honour made me now reveal.
""'This was love's doing: from my constant heart
""'The image stampt by him can ne'er depart.",2009-09-14 19:46:38 UTC,"""This was love's doing: from my constant heart / The image stampt by him can ne'er depart""",2005-04-07 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","","Searching ""heart"" and ""stamp"" in HDIS (Poetry)",16357,6177
"""Perinthus! Theron! Aracynthus!"" cried
The maiden, while her cheek deep blushes dyed,
""Whate'er thy title, from my grateful heart
""Ne'er can th' impression of thy zeal depart.
""Alas! what say I?--Pardon me, nor deem
""Too strong th' expression of my fix'd esteem:
""Still must I think, whate'er thy rank, thy name,
""That Mysia's prince and Theron are the same.""",2009-09-14 19:46:38 UTC,"""'Whate'er thy title, from my grateful heart / 'Ne'er can th' impression of thy zeal depart.""",2005-05-16 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,Impression,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""impression"" in HDIS (Poetry)",16361,6177