A woman's "Victorious Charms" may may a conquest o'er a lover's heart

— Brown, Thomas (bap. 1663, d. 1704)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Sam. Briscoe, R. Smith, G. Strahan
Date
1720
Metaphor
A woman's "Victorious Charms" may may a conquest o'er a lover's heart
Metaphor in Context
Fair Goddess! whose Victorious Charms
Have made a Conquest o'er my Heart;

When will you fill my long-expecting Arms,
And bid my cruel Fears depart.
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
The Remains of Mr. Tho. Brown, Serious and Comical, in Prose and Verse. In One Volume. Collected from scarce Papers and Original Mss. Which makes his Works Compleat. With Mr. Brown's Legacy for the Ladies, or characters of the Women of the Age. To which is prefix'd, A Key to all his Prophesies, Dialogues, Satyrs, Fables, Poems and Letters. (London: Printed for Sam. Briscoe, R. Smith, G. Strahan, 1720).
Date of Entry
02/09/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.