"And happy He, that with prevailing Art / Could gain a Conquest o'er her Virgin Heart"
— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Browne [etc.]
Date
1733
Metaphor
"And happy He, that with prevailing Art / Could gain a Conquest o'er her Virgin Heart"
Metaphor in Context
To fair Aminda first this Debt I paid,
A grateful Tribute to the charming Maid.
With no less Pleasure now I sing your Praise,
And thus present my well-intended Lays.
This Day, which gives you to a Husband's Arms,
Gives him a lasting Title to your Charms.
Each Lover, now, must gaze with vain Desire,
In vain your Air, your Shape, your Face admire.
Cease, ye fond Swains, the am'rous Chase give o'er,
Your pleasing Flatt'ries now will move no more:
Your Hopes are vanish'd, all extinguish'd quite,
Her Beauties are become another's Right!
And happy He, that with prevailing Art
Could gain a Conquest o'er her Virgin Heart.
So well I know her lovely Form and Mind,
He must be bless'd, since Oriana's kind.
Mighty and endless must the Transport be,
Where Beauty, Wit, Good-humour, all agree
With spotless Virtue, to augment the Joy,
And make it pure, without the least Alloy.
A grateful Tribute to the charming Maid.
With no less Pleasure now I sing your Praise,
And thus present my well-intended Lays.
This Day, which gives you to a Husband's Arms,
Gives him a lasting Title to your Charms.
Each Lover, now, must gaze with vain Desire,
In vain your Air, your Shape, your Face admire.
Cease, ye fond Swains, the am'rous Chase give o'er,
Your pleasing Flatt'ries now will move no more:
Your Hopes are vanish'd, all extinguish'd quite,
Her Beauties are become another's Right!
And happy He, that with prevailing Art
Could gain a Conquest o'er her Virgin Heart.
So well I know her lovely Form and Mind,
He must be bless'd, since Oriana's kind.
Mighty and endless must the Transport be,
Where Beauty, Wit, Good-humour, all agree
With spotless Virtue, to augment the Joy,
And make it pure, without the least Alloy.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
02/10/2005
