A beloved may "o'ercome" a lover's "yielding heart" and fix "her empire there"
— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Author
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1768
Metaphor
A beloved may "o'ercome" a lover's "yielding heart" and fix "her empire there"
Metaphor in Context
The truest Love is still reserv'd and shy,
No look of confidence or boldness wears,
Known by the humble brow, and soften'd eye,
And full of wavering doubts, and anxious fears.
When I perceiv'd that Thespia had o'ercome
My yielding heart, and fixt her empire there,
That from her hands I must receive my doom,
And all my future weal must flow from her:
No look of confidence or boldness wears,
Known by the humble brow, and soften'd eye,
And full of wavering doubts, and anxious fears.
When I perceiv'd that Thespia had o'ercome
My yielding heart, and fixt her empire there,
That from her hands I must receive my doom,
And all my future weal must flow from her:
Categories
Provenance
Searching "empire" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1768).
The Land of the Muses: a Poem, in the Manner of Spenser. With Poems on Several Occasions. By Hugh Downman (Edinburgh: Printed for the author. Sold by A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh; and by R. Baldwin, and Richardson & Urquhart, London, 1768). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP><Link to ECCO>
The Land of the Muses: a Poem, in the Manner of Spenser. With Poems on Several Occasions. By Hugh Downman (Edinburgh: Printed for the author. Sold by A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh; and by R. Baldwin, and Richardson & Urquhart, London, 1768). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/22/2004
