A heart may be "as true as the sun"
— Jemmat [née Yeo], Catherine (bap. 1714, d. 1766?)
Work Title
Place of Publication
The Gentleman's Magazine
Date
1750
Metaphor
A heart may be "as true as the sun"
Metaphor in Context
So nothing shall tempt me from Harry,
His heart is as true as the sun:
Eve with Adam was ordered to marry;
This world it should end as begun.
(ll. 65-8, p. 237)
His heart is as true as the sun:
Eve with Adam was ordered to marry;
This world it should end as begun.
(ll. 65-8, p. 237)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Lonsdale, R. Ed. Eighteenth Century Women Poets. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Date of Entry
07/23/2003
