"Take bright Urania to thy Amorous breast, / To her thy flaming heart resign; / Void not the room, but change the guest, / And let thy sensual love commence Divine"
— Norris, John (1657-1712)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Crosley, and Samuel Manship [etc.]
Date
1692
Metaphor
"Take bright Urania to thy Amorous breast, / To her thy flaming heart resign; / Void not the room, but change the guest, / And let thy sensual love commence Divine"
Metaphor in Context
Take bright Urania to thy Amorous breast,
To her thy flaming heart resign;
Void not the room, but change the guest,
And let thy sensual love commence Divine.
To her thy flaming heart resign;
Void not the room, but change the guest,
And let thy sensual love commence Divine.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "room" 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
08/29/2005
