"A Heart by Kindness only gain'd, / Will a dear Conquest prove"
— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Wotton ... D. Browne [etc.]
Date
1740
Metaphor
"A Heart by Kindness only gain'd, / Will a dear Conquest prove"
Metaphor in Context
A Heart by Kindness only gain'd,
Will a dear Conquest prove;
And, to be kept, must be maintain'd
At vast Expence of Love.
Will a dear Conquest prove;
And, to be kept, must be maintain'd
At vast Expence of Love.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
02/09/2005
