"Love ... Give the soft sex to loathe inglorious rest, / String the weak arm, and steel the snowy breast!"
— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
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Work Title
Date
1738, 1792
Metaphor
"Love ... Give the soft sex to loathe inglorious rest, / String the weak arm, and steel the snowy breast!"
Metaphor in Context
Ah Love, all subtle tutor, thou can'st teach
What, uninstructive else, the world might preach;
Give the soft sex to loathe inglorious rest,
String the weak arm, and steel the snowy breast!
You braced the Fair one's helm, her corselet tied,
And gave the guardian to her Edward's side!
Thus, on they past, inseparably pair'd;
For him she battell'd, and for her he fear'd:
By each, for each alone, was life desired;
And, wounded in the other, each expired.
What, uninstructive else, the world might preach;
Give the soft sex to loathe inglorious rest,
String the weak arm, and steel the snowy breast!
You braced the Fair one's helm, her corselet tied,
And gave the guardian to her Edward's side!
Thus, on they past, inseparably pair'd;
For him she battell'd, and for her he fear'd:
By each, for each alone, was life desired;
And, wounded in the other, each expired.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1738, 1792).
See Tasso's Jerusalem, an Epic Poem. Translated from the Italian. By Henry Brooke, Esq; Book I. (London: Printed by J. Hughs, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields: for R. Dodsley, at Tully’s Head in Pall-Mall, 1738). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke 4 vols., 3rd ed. (Dublin: Printed for the Editor, 1792). [There titled, Jerusalem Delivered; An Epic Poem.]
See Tasso's Jerusalem, an Epic Poem. Translated from the Italian. By Henry Brooke, Esq; Book I. (London: Printed by J. Hughs, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields: for R. Dodsley, at Tully’s Head in Pall-Mall, 1738). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke 4 vols., 3rd ed. (Dublin: Printed for the Editor, 1792). [There titled, Jerusalem Delivered; An Epic Poem.]
Date of Entry
06/13/2005
