The eyes speak the mind's "the lover's mind"
— Sansom, Martha [née Fowke] (1690-1736)
Work Title
Date
1720
Metaphor
The eyes speak the mind's "the lover's mind"
Metaphor in Context
The love you dare but look I find:
The eyes speak best the lover's mind;
The God of Love reveals the news,
Whose dart has stamped the billet-doux;
No paper could such sweetness boast,
For half the spirit would be lost
Ere I could read that duller way,
What in a moment these convey.
(ll. 1-8, p. 87)
The eyes speak best the lover's mind;
The God of Love reveals the news,
Whose dart has stamped the billet-doux;
No paper could such sweetness boast,
For half the spirit would be lost
Ere I could read that duller way,
What in a moment these convey.
(ll. 1-8, p. 87)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Lonsdale, R. Ed. Eighteenth Century Women Poets. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Date of Entry
09/14/2009
Date of Review
10/22/2003
