"Since you to win my Heart have deign'd, / Quit not the Conquest you have gain'd."

— Barber, Mary (c.1685-1755)

Author

Barber, Mary (c.1685-1755)

Work Title

To her Grace the Dutchess of Manchester, and Lady Diana Spencer, now Dutchess of Bedford. The Humble Petition of Little Jemmy Pen, at Tunbridge-Wells. [from Poems on Several Occasions]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for C. Rivington
Date
1734, 1735
Metaphor
"Since you to win my Heart have deign'd, / Quit not the Conquest you have gain'd."
Metaphor in Context
Do not, relentless, let me moan;
O take me, Ladies, as your own!
Tho' Thousands have your Rigour felt,
Let me your lovely Bosoms melt:
Since you to win my Heart have deign'd,
Quit not the Conquest you have gain'd:
Nor Marlbro's glorious Footsteps shun;
He always kept the Field he won.
(cf. pp. 120-1 in 1734 ed.)
Categories
War::Conquest::Conquer Heart
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry); confirmed in ECCO.
Citation
At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1734, 1735, 1736).

See Poems on Several Occasions. (London: Printed [by Samuel Richardson] for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1734). <Link to ESTC>

Text from Poems on Several Occasions (London: Printed for C. Rivington, 1735). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
02/09/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.