"Each softening heart dissolves within its breast, / And love, as on this wax, is there imprest"
— Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Nourse
Date
1732
Metaphor
"Each softening heart dissolves within its breast, / And love, as on this wax, is there imprest"
Metaphor in Context
Thus from your eyes united beams conspire,
To kindle in our souls a pleasing fire;
Each softening heart dissolves within its breast,
And love, as on this wax, is there imprest:
And when 't has once the dear impression took,
'Till death it holds, as this does 'till it's broke.
To kindle in our souls a pleasing fire;
Each softening heart dissolves within its breast,
And love, as on this wax, is there imprest:
And when 't has once the dear impression took,
'Till death it holds, as this does 'till it's broke.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "wax" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "breast"
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
03/27/2005
