"Her Mind, 'tis true, the Tyrant [Sorrow] did invade, / But her all-bright'ning Eyes cou'd fear no Shade."
— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Lewis
Date
1709
Metaphor
"Her Mind, 'tis true, the Tyrant [Sorrow] did invade, / But her all-bright'ning Eyes cou'd fear no Shade."
Metaphor in Context
Thus Sorrow, lately, did attempt to shroud
Fair Adorissa's Glories in a Cloud:
Her Mind, 'tis true, the Tyrant did invade,
But her all-bright'ning Eyes cou'd fear no Shade.
Affliction, while 'twou'd Enviously disarm
Her Looks of Darts, is made it self a Charm.
Beauty, distrest, does open to our View
A Lustre that before we never knew;
First our Concern, does then our Wonder move,
And the next Step's Inevitable Love!
In vain Eclips'd, her Eyes (us'd to subdue)
No sooner look abroad but wound anew.
Fair Adorissa's Glories in a Cloud:
Her Mind, 'tis true, the Tyrant did invade,
But her all-bright'ning Eyes cou'd fear no Shade.
Affliction, while 'twou'd Enviously disarm
Her Looks of Darts, is made it self a Charm.
Beauty, distrest, does open to our View
A Lustre that before we never knew;
First our Concern, does then our Wonder move,
And the next Step's Inevitable Love!
In vain Eclips'd, her Eyes (us'd to subdue)
No sooner look abroad but wound anew.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "invad" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
The Works of Mr. Robert Gould: In Two Volumes. Consisting of those Poems and Satyrs Which were formerly Printed, and Corrected since by the Author; As also of the many more which He Design'd for the Press. Publish'd from his Own Original Copies (London: W. Lewis, 1709). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
05/04/2005
Date of Review
06/01/2010
