"Never from my repenting Thoughts depart, / But stand, like Brass, imprinted in my Heart."
— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1710
Metaphor
"Never from my repenting Thoughts depart, / But stand, like Brass, imprinted in my Heart."
Metaphor in Context
What Pennance could I bear, to now retrieve
Such spotless Vertue from the silent Grave?
Kingdoms and Crowns I could with Joy resign,
Nay, the whole World to save her, were it mine:
But 'tis, alas! O! foolish Man, too late
To now redeem her from insulting Fate.
Farewel, thou best of Women, since thy Charms
Are early fled from my unworthy Arms,
Thy dying Words shall melt my stony Breast,
And pierce my weeping Soul whilst thou art blest;
Never from my repenting Thoughts depart,
But stand, like Brass, imprinted in my Heart.
Such spotless Vertue from the silent Grave?
Kingdoms and Crowns I could with Joy resign,
Nay, the whole World to save her, were it mine:
But 'tis, alas! O! foolish Man, too late
To now redeem her from insulting Fate.
Farewel, thou best of Women, since thy Charms
Are early fled from my unworthy Arms,
Thy dying Words shall melt my stony Breast,
And pierce my weeping Soul whilst thou art blest;
Never from my repenting Thoughts depart,
But stand, like Brass, imprinted in my Heart.
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Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1710, 1723, 1737, 1759).
Text from Edward Ward, Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, An Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage (London: Printed for T. Norris, A. Bettesworth, and F. Fayrham, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
See also Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, an Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage, 2 vols. (London: H. Meere, T. Norris, A Bettesworth, 1710). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Edward Ward, Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, An Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage (London: Printed for T. Norris, A. Bettesworth, and F. Fayrham, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
See also Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, an Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage, 2 vols. (London: H. Meere, T. Norris, A Bettesworth, 1710). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/07/2005
