"At Eyes alone our Beaus direct their art, / Nor know the nobler Conquest of the Heart."
— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for B. Motte, and C. Bathurst
Date
1737
Metaphor
"At Eyes alone our Beaus direct their art, / Nor know the nobler Conquest of the Heart."
Metaphor in Context
Our Youth of old were wont the Fair to move,
By manly Vigour, and athletic Love:
With healthful Nerves they prest the glowing Dame,
Not squeal'd in sing-song Lays a sickly Flame.
At Eyes alone our Beaus direct their art,
Nor know the nobler Conquest of the Heart.
With her own Arms a Mistress they pursue,
Snuff, Powder, Patches, Paste, and Billets doux.
Man's hardy mould is in his Habit lost,
And Beaus assume the Softness of their Toast.
By manly Vigour, and athletic Love:
With healthful Nerves they prest the glowing Dame,
Not squeal'd in sing-song Lays a sickly Flame.
At Eyes alone our Beaus direct their art,
Nor know the nobler Conquest of the Heart.
With her own Arms a Mistress they pursue,
Snuff, Powder, Patches, Paste, and Billets doux.
Man's hardy mould is in his Habit lost,
And Beaus assume the Softness of their Toast.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Three entries in ECCO and ESTC (1730, 1747)
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 The Toilette. in Three Books. by Mr. Joseph Thurston. (London: Printed for Benj. Motte, at the Middle-Temple Gate, in Fleet-Street, 1730).
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 The Toilette. in Three Books. by Mr. Joseph Thurston. (London: Printed for Benj. Motte, at the Middle-Temple Gate, in Fleet-Street, 1730).
Date of Entry
02/14/2005
