"PAULTONS affords me next a kind Retreat, / Where crowding Joys my grateful Heart dilate"
— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1736
Metaphor
"PAULTONS affords me next a kind Retreat, / Where crowding Joys my grateful Heart dilate"
Metaphor in Context
PAULTONS affords me next a kind Retreat,
Where crowding Joys my grateful Heart dilate;
To see the Friend, who first my Lays approv'd,
Who loves the Muse, and by her is belov'd;
Who taught her tender Pinions how to fly,
Told when she crept too low, or soar'd too high.
O Stanley! if, forgetful of thy Love,
I e'er to Gratitude rebellious prove;
Still may I want a Friend, but never find;
May Fortune, Phoebus, Stanley, prove unkind!
Where crowding Joys my grateful Heart dilate;
To see the Friend, who first my Lays approv'd,
Who loves the Muse, and by her is belov'd;
Who taught her tender Pinions how to fly,
Told when she crept too low, or soar'd too high.
O Stanley! if, forgetful of thy Love,
I e'er to Gratitude rebellious prove;
Still may I want a Friend, but never find;
May Fortune, Phoebus, Stanley, prove unkind!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "crowd" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Poems on Several Occasions. By Stephen Duck. (London: Printed for the Author, 1736). <Link to ECCO>
Nine entries in ESTC (1730, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1753, 1764).
Nine entries in ESTC (1730, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1753, 1764).
Date of Entry
03/07/2006
