"SUFFOLK's Daughter sinks not with her Woe: / Beneath it's Weight I feel myself resign'd; / Tho' strong the Tempest, stronger still my Mind."
— Keate, George (1729-1797)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
Date
1762, 1781
Metaphor
"SUFFOLK's Daughter sinks not with her Woe: / Beneath it's Weight I feel myself resign'd; / Tho' strong the Tempest, stronger still my Mind."
Metaphor in Context
From these dread Walls, this melancholy Tow'r,
Doom'd the sad Victim of relentless Pow'r,
Where Ruin fits in gloomy Pomp array'd,
And circling Horrours spread their mournful Shade,
I send the Tribute of a short'ning Life,
The last Memorial of a faithful Wife.
For ev'ry Hope on this Side Heav'n is fled,
And Death's pale Banner waves around my Head.
It yet perchance may cheer my Lord to know
That SUFFOLK's Daughter sinks not with her Woe:
Beneath it's Weight I feel myself resign'd;
Tho' strong the Tempest, stronger still my Mind.
this Duty paid to thee, each Care is o'er,
Nor my hard Fortune shall distress me more.
(pp. 1-2)
Doom'd the sad Victim of relentless Pow'r,
Where Ruin fits in gloomy Pomp array'd,
And circling Horrours spread their mournful Shade,
I send the Tribute of a short'ning Life,
The last Memorial of a faithful Wife.
For ev'ry Hope on this Side Heav'n is fled,
And Death's pale Banner waves around my Head.
It yet perchance may cheer my Lord to know
That SUFFOLK's Daughter sinks not with her Woe:
Beneath it's Weight I feel myself resign'd;
Tho' strong the Tempest, stronger still my Mind.
this Duty paid to thee, each Care is o'er,
Nor my hard Fortune shall distress me more.
(pp. 1-2)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1762, 1781, 1789, 1797).
First printed as An Epistle from Lady Jane Gray to Lord Guilford Dudley. Supposed to Have Been Written in the Tower, a Few Days Before They Suffered. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1762). <Link to ESTC>
Text from George Keate, The Poetical Works of George Keate 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781). <Link to vol. II in Google Books>
Found also in Bell's Fugitive Poetry (1789, 1797). Finding also excerpts in Songs. Elegiac. Sea. (1796, 1799).
First printed as An Epistle from Lady Jane Gray to Lord Guilford Dudley. Supposed to Have Been Written in the Tower, a Few Days Before They Suffered. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1762). <Link to ESTC>
Text from George Keate, The Poetical Works of George Keate 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781). <Link to vol. II in Google Books>
Found also in Bell's Fugitive Poetry (1789, 1797). Finding also excerpts in Songs. Elegiac. Sea. (1796, 1799).
Date of Entry
05/24/2004
Date of Review
08/17/2005
