"The deep Impression in my Soul was made, / When first I listen'd in the Jess'min Shade."
— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Browne [etc.]
Date
1733
Metaphor
"The deep Impression in my Soul was made, / When first I listen'd in the Jess'min Shade."
Metaphor in Context
Think it not strange, that I profess a Love
To one so finish'd, and so form'd to move:
In my fond Heart a tender Friendship grew,
Ere yet I could your pleasing Image view:
The deep Impression in my Soul was made,
When first I listen'd in the Jess'min Shade;
I mark'd the graceful Musick of your Tongue,
And on your Words my whole Attention hung.
So ripe a Judgment, such a Flow of Wit,
So much Discretion too commanding it,
In one so young, till now I never knew:
What Praise what Honour to such Worth is due?
Each flying Hour does unknown Charms unbind,
And opens more the Beauties of your Mind.
Your Conversation gives a solid Joy,
Which Absence will too cruelly destroy:
For Scenes of Happiness are always short,
And we in vain the fleeting Pleasure court.
Since adverse Fortune hurries you away,
And I in vain must wish your longer Stay,
Allow me thus my new Distress to paint,
Nor be offended at the kind Complaint.
To one so finish'd, and so form'd to move:
In my fond Heart a tender Friendship grew,
Ere yet I could your pleasing Image view:
The deep Impression in my Soul was made,
When first I listen'd in the Jess'min Shade;
I mark'd the graceful Musick of your Tongue,
And on your Words my whole Attention hung.
So ripe a Judgment, such a Flow of Wit,
So much Discretion too commanding it,
In one so young, till now I never knew:
What Praise what Honour to such Worth is due?
Each flying Hour does unknown Charms unbind,
And opens more the Beauties of your Mind.
Your Conversation gives a solid Joy,
Which Absence will too cruelly destroy:
For Scenes of Happiness are always short,
And we in vain the fleeting Pleasure court.
Since adverse Fortune hurries you away,
And I in vain must wish your longer Stay,
Allow me thus my new Distress to paint,
Nor be offended at the kind Complaint.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "impression"
Date of Entry
05/17/2005
Date of Review
06/05/2011
