"Your beauteous looks inspire my mind / With passion of the purest kind: / No selfish views my bosom sway, / But all is love without allay."
— Reed, Joseph (1723-1787)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Becket and De Hondt ... and Richardson and Urquhart [etc.]
Date
1769
Metaphor
"Your beauteous looks inspire my mind / With passion of the purest kind: / No selfish views my bosom sway, / But all is love without allay."
Metaphor in Context
JON.
But, at the same time, I know your compliance with them cannot be compelled.
AIR. Dr. Arne.
Your beauteous looks inspire my mind
With passion of the purest kind:
No selfish views my bosom sway,
But all is love without allay.
Of such a darling gem possess'd,
My lot would be supremely blest;
Possession would increase my joy,
For charms like yours can never cloy.
With every charm, with every grace
Hath nature deck'd that form, and face;
At your creation heaven design'd
To show a goddess to mankind.
But, at the same time, I know your compliance with them cannot be compelled.
AIR. Dr. Arne.
Your beauteous looks inspire my mind
With passion of the purest kind:
No selfish views my bosom sway,
But all is love without allay.
Of such a darling gem possess'd,
My lot would be supremely blest;
Possession would increase my joy,
For charms like yours can never cloy.
With every charm, with every grace
Hath nature deck'd that form, and face;
At your creation heaven design'd
To show a goddess to mankind.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "stamp" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
04/11/2005
