"Shot from her eyes the conquering dart / That found a passage to his heart."
— Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Nourse
Date
1732
Metaphor
"Shot from her eyes the conquering dart / That found a passage to his heart."
Metaphor in Context
It must be own'd, the best defence
'Gainst Beauty's power is--want of sense.
Yet fools and sops submit to fate,
And feel its influence soon or late.
And now, his fatal hour being come,
Our warriour knight came wounded home:
Cælia, the fair, his heart betray'd;
Cælia, the fair, the cruel maid.
Shot from her eyes the conquering dart
That found a passage to his heart.
And now he feels the pleasing fire,
And languishes in soft desire;
Her fair idea charms his soul;
But then her eyes his hopes controul:
He there observes a scornful pride,
And fears his suit will be deny'd.
Anxious, he fain wou'd silence break,
But feels he knows not how to speak.
Love, which refines the brightest wit,
First taught this fool his want of it.
He who before thro' crouds cou'd rove,
Now knows not how to say--I love.
'Gainst Beauty's power is--want of sense.
Yet fools and sops submit to fate,
And feel its influence soon or late.
And now, his fatal hour being come,
Our warriour knight came wounded home:
Cælia, the fair, his heart betray'd;
Cælia, the fair, the cruel maid.
Shot from her eyes the conquering dart
That found a passage to his heart.
And now he feels the pleasing fire,
And languishes in soft desire;
Her fair idea charms his soul;
But then her eyes his hopes controul:
He there observes a scornful pride,
And fears his suit will be deny'd.
Anxious, he fain wou'd silence break,
But feels he knows not how to speak.
Love, which refines the brightest wit,
First taught this fool his want of it.
He who before thro' crouds cou'd rove,
Now knows not how to say--I love.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Two entries in the ESTC. See A Muse in Livery. A Collection of Poems. (London: Printed for J. Nourse, 1732). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
02/10/2005
