A "soft Enchantress of the mind" may have to resign the empire of her lover's heart
— Norris, John (1657-1712)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Crosley, and Samuel Manship
Date
1692
Metaphor
A "soft Enchantress of the mind" may have to resign the empire of her lover's heart
Metaphor in Context
But now, thou soft Enchantress of the mind,
Farewel, a change, a mighty change I find;
The Empire of my Heart thou must resign,
For I can be no longer thine.
A Nobler, a Diviner Guest,
Has took possession of my Breast;
He has, and must engross it all,
And yet the room is still too small.
In vain you tempt my Heart to rove,
A fairer Object now my Soul does move,
It must be all Devotion, what before was Love.
Farewel, a change, a mighty change I find;
The Empire of my Heart thou must resign,
For I can be no longer thine.
A Nobler, a Diviner Guest,
Has took possession of my Breast;
He has, and must engross it all,
And yet the room is still too small.
In vain you tempt my Heart to rove,
A fairer Object now my Soul does move,
It must be all Devotion, what before was Love.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from A Collection of Miscellanies: Consisting of Poems, Essays, Discourses & Letters, Occasionally Written. By John Norris, 2nd edition (London: Printed for J. Crosley, and Samuel Manship, 1692). <Link to first edition in EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/19/2004
