"And may the soft impression ne'er be lost! / O set me as a signet on thy heart!"
— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Hett ... and R. Dodsley [etc.]
Date
1739
Metaphor
"And may the soft impression ne'er be lost! / O set me as a signet on thy heart!"
Metaphor in Context
For ever blest be that auspicious hour,
And may the soft impression ne'er be lost!
O set me as a signet on thy heart!
For love is strong as death, and jealousy
Relentless as the grave; and mine's a flame
That streams, that swelling fountains cannot quench,
Nor all the ocean's boundless stores allay.
And may the soft impression ne'er be lost!
O set me as a signet on thy heart!
For love is strong as death, and jealousy
Relentless as the grave; and mine's a flame
That streams, that swelling fountains cannot quench,
Nor all the ocean's boundless stores allay.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "signet" and heart"
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
