"Whilst with the same resistless Art / She storms his Windows, and his Heart"
— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Bernard Lintott
Date
1712, 1719
Metaphor
"Whilst with the same resistless Art / She storms his Windows, and his Heart"
Metaphor in Context
For Shame, since you are Old and Poor,
Reform, and give Intriguing o'er;
Your Trade, your Bawdy Function leave,
And to your aged Cuckold cleave:
Resort not to the Young and Fair,
But for your latter end prepare:
From Bawls and Crowds of Beauties fly,
For Stars and Clowds but ill agree.
Young Pholoe may safely do
That which is Impudence in you.
She, with an Air and Grace, can make
A Bacchanal, or Midnight Rake,
Or with her Lover sport and play,
As wanton as a Kid in May;
Whilst with the same resistless Art
She storms his Windows, and his Heart:
But you, the Spindle or the Loom,
And not the Lyre and Dance, become;
No Garlands can your Spring restore,
Nor Hogsheads drain'd abate Threescore.
Reform, and give Intriguing o'er;
Your Trade, your Bawdy Function leave,
And to your aged Cuckold cleave:
Resort not to the Young and Fair,
But for your latter end prepare:
From Bawls and Crowds of Beauties fly,
For Stars and Clowds but ill agree.
Young Pholoe may safely do
That which is Impudence in you.
She, with an Air and Grace, can make
A Bacchanal, or Midnight Rake,
Or with her Lover sport and play,
As wanton as a Kid in May;
Whilst with the same resistless Art
She storms his Windows, and his Heart:
But you, the Spindle or the Loom,
And not the Lyre and Dance, become;
No Garlands can your Spring restore,
Nor Hogsheads drain'd abate Threescore.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "window" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 3 entries in ESTC (1712, 1719, 1737).
Text from The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace in English Verse. To Which Is Prefix'd the Life of Horace: Written by Suetonius. Translated from Dr. Bentley’s Latin Edition, by Mr. William Oldisworth. 2nd ed. (London: Printed for B. Lintot, between the Temple Gates in Fleet-Street, 1719). <Link to ESTC>
Found also in The Odes of Horace in Latin and English; With a Translation of Dr. Bentley's Notes. To Which Are Added, Notes Upon Notes; Done in the Bentleian Stile and Manner. Part IV. To Be Continued. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys, between the two Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street, 1712). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace in English Verse. To Which Is Prefix'd the Life of Horace: Written by Suetonius. Translated from Dr. Bentley’s Latin Edition, by Mr. William Oldisworth. 2nd ed. (London: Printed for B. Lintot, between the Temple Gates in Fleet-Street, 1719). <Link to ESTC>
Found also in The Odes of Horace in Latin and English; With a Translation of Dr. Bentley's Notes. To Which Are Added, Notes Upon Notes; Done in the Bentleian Stile and Manner. Part IV. To Be Continued. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys, between the two Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street, 1712). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
09/08/2005
