A young man may be "Possess'd of every virtue, grace, and art, / That claims just empire o'er the female heart"
— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Place of Publication
London
Date
1727, 1728
Metaphor
A young man may be "Possess'd of every virtue, grace, and art, / That claims just empire o'er the female heart"
Metaphor in Context
Sempronia liked her man: and well she might;
The youth in person and in parts was bright;
Possess'd of every virtue, grace, and art,
That claims just empire o'er the female heart:
He met her passion, all her sighs return'd,
And in full rage of youthful ardour burn'd:
Large his possessions, and beyond her own;
Their bliss the theme and envy of the town.
The day was fix'd, when, with one acre more,
In stepp'd deform'd, debauch'd, diseased three-score.
The fatal sequel I, through shame, forbear:
Of pride and avarice who can cure the fair?
The youth in person and in parts was bright;
Possess'd of every virtue, grace, and art,
That claims just empire o'er the female heart:
He met her passion, all her sighs return'd,
And in full rage of youthful ardour burn'd:
Large his possessions, and beyond her own;
Their bliss the theme and envy of the town.
The day was fix'd, when, with one acre more,
In stepp'd deform'd, debauch'd, diseased three-score.
The fatal sequel I, through shame, forbear:
Of pride and avarice who can cure the fair?
Categories
Provenance
Searching "empire" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
The satires were first published individually, 1726-1728. At least 31 entries in ESTC (1728, 1730, 1731, 1741, 1750, 1752, 1753, 1755, 1758, 1760, 1762, 1778, 1783).
See The Universal Passion. Satire V. On Women. (Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for George Ewing, at the Angel and Bible in Dame's-Street, 1727). <Link to ESTC>
See also Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires., 2nd edition corr., and alter’d. (London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, 1728). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose, of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D., Formerly Rector of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, &c. Revised and Collated With the Earliest Editions. To Which Is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, by John Doran, LL.D. With Eight Illustrations on Steel, and a Portrait. 2 vols. (London: William Tegg and Co., 1854).
See The Universal Passion. Satire V. On Women. (Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for George Ewing, at the Angel and Bible in Dame's-Street, 1727). <Link to ESTC>
See also Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires., 2nd edition corr., and alter’d. (London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, 1728). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose, of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D., Formerly Rector of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, &c. Revised and Collated With the Earliest Editions. To Which Is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, by John Doran, LL.D. With Eight Illustrations on Steel, and a Portrait. 2 vols. (London: William Tegg and Co., 1854).
Date of Entry
08/22/2004
