"He that brings this love to thee, / Little knows this love in me; / And by him seal up thy mind."
— Shakespeare [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan [etc.]
Date
1755
Metaphor
"He that brings this love to thee, / Little knows this love in me; / And by him seal up thy mind."
Metaphor in Context
He that brings this love to thee,
Little knows this love in me;
And by him seal up thy mind.
Little knows this love in me;
And by him seal up thy mind.
Categories
Provenance
Consulted Johnson's Dictionary while searching "seal" in HDIS.
Citation
Johnson, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. New York,: AMS Press, 1967.
Date of Entry
04/19/2005
