The mind's emblem may be marked on the body
Author
Date
1733
Metaphor
The mind's emblem may be marked on the body
Metaphor in Context
Then whilst with coward-hand you stab a name,
And try at least t'assassinate our fame,
Like the bold assassin's be thy lot,
Ne'er be thy guilt forgiven or forgot;
But, as thou hat'st, be hated by mankind,
And with the emblem of thy crooked mind
Marked on thy back, like Cain, by God's own hand,
Wander, like him, accurséd through the land.
And try at least t'assassinate our fame,
Like the bold assassin's be thy lot,
Ne'er be thy guilt forgiven or forgot;
But, as thou hat'st, be hated by mankind,
And with the emblem of thy crooked mind
Marked on thy back, like Cain, by God's own hand,
Wander, like him, accurséd through the land.
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Reading
Citation
Lonsdale, R. Ed. Eighteenth Century Women Poets. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Date of Entry
10/21/2003
