Reason may her throne forsake "To stoop to Cupid's laws"
— Jemmat [née Yeo], Catherine (bap. 1714, d. 1766?)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by Subscription, for Mrs. Jemmat, at Mr. Walker's
Date
1762
Metaphor
Reason may her throne forsake "To stoop to Cupid's laws"
Metaphor in Context
But soon I found I had mistook,
And that was not the cause;
'Twas reason had her throne forsook,
To stoop to Cupid's laws;
And that was not the cause;
'Twas reason had her throne forsook,
To stoop to Cupid's laws;
Categories
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "reason" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 4 entries in the ESTC (1762, 1765, 1771, 1772).
See The Memoirs of Mrs. Catherine Jemmat, daughter of The late Admiral Yeo, of Plymouth, Written by Herself (London: Printed by Subscription, for Mrs. Jemmat, at Mr. Walker's, 1762).
See The Memoirs of Mrs. Catherine Jemmat, daughter of The late Admiral Yeo, of Plymouth, Written by Herself (London: Printed by Subscription, for Mrs. Jemmat, at Mr. Walker's, 1762).
Date of Entry
07/19/2004
