"The Flame which Reason rules has Interest in't"
— Mountfort, William (c.1664-1692)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Hindmarsh ... R. Bentley ... and A. Roper [etc.]
Date
1691
Metaphor
"The Flame which Reason rules has Interest in't"
Metaphor in Context
LADY WOR.
No method, sure, can be allow'd in Love.
Prudence and passion never were ally'd.
The Flame which Reason rules has Interest in't:
What's rais'd by Art, is still maintain'd by cunning.
The naked looseness of the Soul is best;
And that which shews most madness, owns most love.
No method, sure, can be allow'd in Love.
Prudence and passion never were ally'd.
The Flame which Reason rules has Interest in't:
What's rais'd by Art, is still maintain'd by cunning.
The naked looseness of the Soul is best;
And that which shews most madness, owns most love.
Provenance
Searching "rule" and "reason" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
06/23/2004
