There may be "one Spark of Pity left behind / To form the least Impression on your Mind"
— Brown, Thomas (bap. 1663, d. 1704)
Place of Publication
London
Date
1715
Metaphor
There may be "one Spark of Pity left behind / To form the least Impression on your Mind"
Metaphor in Context
Tho' you, my Lyce, in some Northen Flood
Had chill'd the Current of your Blood;
Or lost your sweet engaging Charms
In some Tartarian Husband's icy arms;
Were yet one Spark of Pity left behind
To form the least Impression on your Mind,
Sure you must grieve, sure you must sigh,
Sure drop some Pity from your Eye,
To see your Lover prostrate on the Ground,
With gloomy Night, and black Despair encompass'd all around.
Had chill'd the Current of your Blood;
Or lost your sweet engaging Charms
In some Tartarian Husband's icy arms;
Were yet one Spark of Pity left behind
To form the least Impression on your Mind,
Sure you must grieve, sure you must sigh,
Sure drop some Pity from your Eye,
To see your Lover prostrate on the Ground,
With gloomy Night, and black Despair encompass'd all around.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "stamp" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/07/2005
