"Lord of my Wishes, tho' he reign'd confest / His Empire was still bounded by the Mind / In me, unblemish'd Honour lent the Fire / The mutual Flame to feed,--I thought should ne'er expire."
— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. and R. Tonson
Date
1741
Metaphor
"Lord of my Wishes, tho' he reign'd confest / His Empire was still bounded by the Mind / In me, unblemish'd Honour lent the Fire / The mutual Flame to feed,--I thought should ne'er expire."
Metaphor in Context
"Yet in my Weakness,--Virtue still I ey'd!
"Nor lost its native Purity my Heart!
"Love, tho' he fetter'd,--led me not aside,
"And Virgin Chastity maintain'd its Part;
"Tho' Choice inthron'd him in my conscious Breast.
"The best,--the dearest of his noble Kind,
"Lord of my Wishes, tho' he reign'd confest
"His Empire still was bounded by the Mind
"In me, unblemish'd Honour lent the Fire
"The mutual Flame to feed,--I thought should ne'er expire.
"Nor lost its native Purity my Heart!
"Love, tho' he fetter'd,--led me not aside,
"And Virgin Chastity maintain'd its Part;
"Tho' Choice inthron'd him in my conscious Breast.
"The best,--the dearest of his noble Kind,
"Lord of my Wishes, tho' he reign'd confest
"His Empire still was bounded by the Mind
"In me, unblemish'd Honour lent the Fire
"The mutual Flame to feed,--I thought should ne'er expire.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "empire" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1741, 1742, 1785, 1795).
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, Modernis'd by Several Hands. Publish'd by Mr. Ogle, 3 vols. (London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, Modernis'd by Several Hands. Publish'd by Mr. Ogle, 3 vols. (London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/11/2004
Date of Review
01/07/2012
