"But oh! what anguish did his soul invade, / When he was told, the lov'd enchanting maid / At Isis holy shrine devoutly bow'd, / A virgin priestess to the goddess vow'd?"
— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Worrall
Date
1737
Metaphor
"But oh! what anguish did his soul invade, / When he was told, the lov'd enchanting maid / At Isis holy shrine devoutly bow'd, / A virgin priestess to the goddess vow'd?"
Metaphor in Context
The wounded Hebrew for the virgin sigh'd,
And felt a growing passion yet untry'd:
Her lovely image, on his mind impress'd,
Had fix'd her empire in his yielding breast.
But oh! what anguish did his soul invade,
When he was told, the lov'd enchanting maid
At Isis holy shrine devoutly bow'd,
A virgin priestess to the goddess vow'd?
This, this, he cry'd, must all my hopes confound,
Helpless my grief, incurable my wound!
And felt a growing passion yet untry'd:
Her lovely image, on his mind impress'd,
Had fix'd her empire in his yielding breast.
But oh! what anguish did his soul invade,
When he was told, the lov'd enchanting maid
At Isis holy shrine devoutly bow'd,
A virgin priestess to the goddess vow'd?
This, this, he cry'd, must all my hopes confound,
Helpless my grief, incurable my wound!
Categories
Provenance
HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 16 entries in the ESTC (1737, 1738, 1741, 1742, 1744, 1750, 1756, 1759, 1767, 1772, 1778, 1783, 1784, 1787, 1795)
Text from Elizabeth Rowe, The History of Joseph. A Poem. In Ten Books. By the Author of Friendship in Death., 2nd edition (London: Printed for T. Worrall, 1737). <Link to 4th edition in Google Books>
Text from Elizabeth Rowe, The History of Joseph. A Poem. In Ten Books. By the Author of Friendship in Death., 2nd edition (London: Printed for T. Worrall, 1737). <Link to 4th edition in Google Books>
Date of Entry
08/11/2004
