"These two Load-Stones do so strongly Attract my Heart. That (like Mahomets Iron-Coffin) I am poys'd & supported in the Air between Both."
— Higden, Henry (bap. 1645)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Abell Roper and Tho. Rainy
Date
1693
Metaphor
"These two Load-Stones do so strongly Attract my Heart. That (like Mahomets Iron-Coffin) I am poys'd & supported in the Air between Both."
Metaphor in Context
FR.
This young widdow Friendly's Sister, is a most Beautifull delicious Creature, in the Blossom of her youth and much improv'd since I saw her, of a most noble, proper, charming Shape and Mein: And like a Mellon just ready, of an inviting Eye, an engaging Face; Compos'd with all Modesty: That while it stays you to Gaze an admire; it proudly bids you keep your awefull Distance? If her reservedness would admit of a lighter Mixture of Humour like that Free, Airy, Sharp Poynant Conversation of my Mask'd Mistress: She would be unparalell'd. But what if this Park Lady should prove no Sham of the Bristoll Rock, but a reall Diamond of a Considerable Charact. Then She will out-weigh all Competition: These two Load-Stones do so strongly Attract my Heart. That (like Mahomets Iron-Coffin) I am poys'd & supported in the Air between Both: I wish Fate would quickly decide my Fortune. For now I am too rich in Imagination.
Enter Lady Wary.
Oh madam you are come luckily to decide the Controversy!
This young widdow Friendly's Sister, is a most Beautifull delicious Creature, in the Blossom of her youth and much improv'd since I saw her, of a most noble, proper, charming Shape and Mein: And like a Mellon just ready, of an inviting Eye, an engaging Face; Compos'd with all Modesty: That while it stays you to Gaze an admire; it proudly bids you keep your awefull Distance? If her reservedness would admit of a lighter Mixture of Humour like that Free, Airy, Sharp Poynant Conversation of my Mask'd Mistress: She would be unparalell'd. But what if this Park Lady should prove no Sham of the Bristoll Rock, but a reall Diamond of a Considerable Charact. Then She will out-weigh all Competition: These two Load-Stones do so strongly Attract my Heart. That (like Mahomets Iron-Coffin) I am poys'd & supported in the Air between Both: I wish Fate would quickly decide my Fortune. For now I am too rich in Imagination.
Enter Lady Wary.
Oh madam you are come luckily to decide the Controversy!
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1693).
The Wary Widdow: or, Sir Noisy Parrat, a Comedy· As It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal. By Their Majesties Servants. Written by Henry Higden Esq. (London: Printed for Abell Roper, at the Mitre near Temple-Bar; and Tho. Rainy, bookseller in Doncaster, 1693). <Link to ESTC>
The Wary Widdow: or, Sir Noisy Parrat, a Comedy· As It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal. By Their Majesties Servants. Written by Henry Higden Esq. (London: Printed for Abell Roper, at the Mitre near Temple-Bar; and Tho. Rainy, bookseller in Doncaster, 1693). <Link to ESTC>
Theme
Magnetism
Date of Entry
06/08/2005
