"Such is Clemene, when her Mind / Is to invading Grief resign'd."
— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Browne [etc.]
Date
1733
Metaphor
"Such is Clemene, when her Mind / Is to invading Grief resign'd."
Metaphor in Context
As fairest, and as sweetest Flow'rs
Prest with the Weight of many Show'rs,
Bend down the melancholy Head,
And beautiful in Ruin fade:
Such is Clemene, when her Mind
Is to invading Grief resign'd.
And Tears steal forth, her self serene,
As if they meant to fall unseen:
While all, that view the pensive Fair,
Would gladly half her Sorrow bear:
Nay, the whole Burden of her Grief,
Would it but give her Soul Relief
Prest with the Weight of many Show'rs,
Bend down the melancholy Head,
And beautiful in Ruin fade:
Such is Clemene, when her Mind
Is to invading Grief resign'd.
And Tears steal forth, her self serene,
As if they meant to fall unseen:
While all, that view the pensive Fair,
Would gladly half her Sorrow bear:
Nay, the whole Burden of her Grief,
Would it but give her Soul Relief
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "invad" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
05/04/2005
