"To thee; whatever kind impression's rais'd / In any heart for me, let it be thine!"
— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Hett ... and R. Dodsley [etc.]
Date
1739
Metaphor
"To thee; whatever kind impression's rais'd / In any heart for me, let it be thine!"
Metaphor in Context
O be thy interest safe, thy cause secure!
Whatever clouds hang on my future hours
I pass them all, thy sacred will be done!
I am of no importance to my self,
Be thou alone exalted! All my soul
Bows to thy grandeur, offers ev'ry thought
Of love and honour, friendship and esteem
To thee; whatever kind impression's rais'd
In any heart for me, let it be thine!
Whatever clouds hang on my future hours
I pass them all, thy sacred will be done!
I am of no importance to my self,
Be thou alone exalted! All my soul
Bows to thy grandeur, offers ev'ry thought
Of love and honour, friendship and esteem
To thee; whatever kind impression's rais'd
In any heart for me, let it be thine!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Elizabeth Singer Rowe, The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. The Greater Part now first published, by her Order, from her Original Manuscripts, By Mr. Theophilus Rowe. To which are added, Poems on several occasions, by Mr. Thomas Rowe. And to the whole is prefix'd, An Account of the Lives and Writings of the Authors, 2 vols. (London: printed for R. Hett and R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
05/16/2005
