"For, trust me, Love (that Inmate of the Mind) / Is very much mistaken by Mankind / For which too often is misunderstood / The sudden Rage and Madness of the Blood."
— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Francklin
Date
1723
Metaphor
"For, trust me, Love (that Inmate of the Mind) / Is very much mistaken by Mankind / For which too often is misunderstood / The sudden Rage and Madness of the Blood."
Metaphor in Context
Oft hast thou told me, Dick, in friendly Part.
That the Usurper Love has seiz'd thy Heart;
But thou art young, and, like our sanguine Race
In their full Vigour, may'st mistake thy Case;
For, trust me, Love (that Inmate of the Mind)
Is very much mistaken by Mankind,
For which too often is misunderstood
The sudden Rage and Madness of the Blood:
Thus every common Rake his Flame approves,
And when he's leud and rampant, thinks he loves.
That the Usurper Love has seiz'd thy Heart;
But thou art young, and, like our sanguine Race
In their full Vigour, may'st mistake thy Case;
For, trust me, Love (that Inmate of the Mind)
Is very much mistaken by Mankind,
For which too often is misunderstood
The sudden Rage and Madness of the Blood:
Thus every common Rake his Flame approves,
And when he's leud and rampant, thinks he loves.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1723, 1724, 1737, 1742).
Found searching in Poems on Several Occasions. Dedicated to the Reverend Dr. Delaune, President of St. John's College in Oxford. by N. Amhurst, Sometime of the Same College. (London: Printed for R. Francklin, at the Sun Fleetstreet, 1723). Text drawn from this edition.
See also The Test of Love. A Poem. (London: Printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row, 1737). <Link to ESTC>
Found searching in Poems on Several Occasions. Dedicated to the Reverend Dr. Delaune, President of St. John's College in Oxford. by N. Amhurst, Sometime of the Same College. (London: Printed for R. Francklin, at the Sun Fleetstreet, 1723). Text drawn from this edition.
See also The Test of Love. A Poem. (London: Printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row, 1737). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/19/2004
Date of Review
01/12/2012
