"In vain--The Master-Passion governs still, / And forces you to yield against your Will"
— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [pseud.]
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Owen
Date
1752
Metaphor
"In vain--The Master-Passion governs still, / And forces you to yield against your Will"
Metaphor in Context
A Thousand Pounds your lavish Miss requires:
You answer not at first to her Desires:
Each diff'rent Trick she tries to gain her Ends;
She quarrels with you now, and now is Friends;
Now drives you from her House, now shews Disdain,
And now, capricious, calls you back again.
Break thro' these shameful Bonds--Your Folly see;
Resume yourself, and say at last, I'm free!
In vain--The Master-Passion governs still,
And forces you to yield against your Will.
You answer not at first to her Desires:
Each diff'rent Trick she tries to gain her Ends;
She quarrels with you now, and now is Friends;
Now drives you from her House, now shews Disdain,
And now, capricious, calls you back again.
Break thro' these shameful Bonds--Your Folly see;
Resume yourself, and say at last, I'm free!
In vain--The Master-Passion governs still,
And forces you to yield against your Will.
Provenance
Searching HDIS for "master passion"
Citation
See Horace, Book II. Satire vii. Imitated: or, a Dialogue Between a Man of Fashion and His Valet. Inscribed to Richard Owen Cambridge, Esq; by Sir Nicholas Nemo, Knt. (London: Printed for W. Owen, 1752). <Link to ESTC> <Link to LION> [No attribution in ESTC].
Theme
Ruling passion
Date of Entry
06/01/2004
