"Ah! Wissin, had thy Art been so refin'd, / As with their Beauty to have drawn their Mind."
— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Author
Place of Publication
A New Miscellany
Date
1720
Metaphor
"Ah! Wissin, had thy Art been so refin'd, / As with their Beauty to have drawn their Mind."
Metaphor in Context
Ah! Wissin, had thy Art been so refin'd,
As with their Beauty to have drawn their Mind,
Thro' circling Years thy Labours would survive,
And living Rules to fairest Virtue give
To Men unborn, and Ages yet to live;
'Twould still be wonderful, and still be new,
Against what Time, or Spight, or Fate could do,
'Till Thine confus'd with Nature's Pieces lie,
And Cavendish 's Name, and Cecill 's Honour Die.
(ll. 51-9, p. 80)
As with their Beauty to have drawn their Mind,
Thro' circling Years thy Labours would survive,
And living Rules to fairest Virtue give
To Men unborn, and Ages yet to live;
'Twould still be wonderful, and still be new,
Against what Time, or Spight, or Fate could do,
'Till Thine confus'd with Nature's Pieces lie,
And Cavendish 's Name, and Cecill 's Honour Die.
(ll. 51-9, p. 80)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Prior, Matthew, The Literary Works of Matthew Prior. Ed. H. Bunker Wright and Monroe K. Spears. 2 vols. Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971.
Date of Entry
01/05/2004
Date of Review
11/24/2011
