"She laugh'd at all the puny Arts, / Which conquer other Female Hearts"
— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)
Author
Work Title
Date
1729, 1737
Metaphor
"She laugh'd at all the puny Arts, / Which conquer other Female Hearts"
Metaphor in Context
Phyllis, a Nymph of Form divine,
A constant Saint at Cynthia's shrine,
Would always at the Fellows rail,
Nay, scorn to see a filthy Male.
She laugh'd at all the puny Arts,
Which conquer other Female Hearts:
The Toys which silly Girls betray
On her, alas! were thrown away.
Lord, what was Equipage, or Lace?
Or, where the happiness of Place?
On Ribbands red, or Ribbands blue
She equally would look askew;
Nay, scarcely deign her eyes to set
On gilded Coach, or Coronet;
And, lest Temptation should invade,
She thus invok'd Diana's aid:
(Cf. p. 39 in 1729 ed.)
A constant Saint at Cynthia's shrine,
Would always at the Fellows rail,
Nay, scorn to see a filthy Male.
She laugh'd at all the puny Arts,
Which conquer other Female Hearts:
The Toys which silly Girls betray
On her, alas! were thrown away.
Lord, what was Equipage, or Lace?
Or, where the happiness of Place?
On Ribbands red, or Ribbands blue
She equally would look askew;
Nay, scarcely deign her eyes to set
On gilded Coach, or Coronet;
And, lest Temptation should invade,
She thus invok'd Diana's aid:
(Cf. p. 39 in 1729 ed.)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1729, 1737).
Text from Poems on Several Occasions: In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston, 2nd ed. (London: Printed for B. Motte, and C. Bathurst, 1737).
See also Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. Joseph Thurson. (London: Printed by W.P. for Benj. Motte, at the Middle-Temple Gate, Fleetstreet, 1729). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Poems on Several Occasions: In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston, 2nd ed. (London: Printed for B. Motte, and C. Bathurst, 1737).
See also Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. Joseph Thurson. (London: Printed by W.P. for Benj. Motte, at the Middle-Temple Gate, Fleetstreet, 1729). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
02/14/2005
