"And this firm Vow for mutual Life shall stand, / Irrevocably seal'd with Heart and Hand."
— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott [etc.]
Date
1709?
Metaphor
"And this firm Vow for mutual Life shall stand, / Irrevocably seal'd with Heart and Hand."
Metaphor in Context
CUN.
Thus then--
Before the sacred Powers Above,
I join this plighted Hand in Bonds of Love;
And with this Hand, the Heart that owns the same,
To burn for ever in this sacred Flame:
With Hand and Heart I yield my Fortune too,
And all the Rights that to a Wife are due:
And this firm Vow for mutual Life shall stand,
Irrevocably seal'd with Heart and Hand.
Thus then--
Before the sacred Powers Above,
I join this plighted Hand in Bonds of Love;
And with this Hand, the Heart that owns the same,
To burn for ever in this sacred Flame:
With Hand and Heart I yield my Fortune too,
And all the Rights that to a Wife are due:
And this firm Vow for mutual Life shall stand,
Irrevocably seal'd with Heart and Hand.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "seal" and "heart" HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
04/24/2005
