"All the empire I had wanted / Then had been my shepherd's heart."
— Shenstone, William (1714-1763)
Date
1755, 1773
Metaphor
"All the empire I had wanted / Then had been my shepherd's heart."
Metaphor in Context
Would indulgent heav'n had granted
Me some rural damsel's part!
All the empire I had wanted
Then had been my shepherd's heart.
Me some rural damsel's part!
All the empire I had wanted
Then had been my shepherd's heart.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "empire" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Searching, finding over 25 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1755, 1758, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1787, 1790, 1791, 1794, 1795, 1798).
Text from The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq. 2 vols., 4th ed. (London: Printed by H. S. Woodfall, for J. Dodsley, 1773). <Link to UVA E-Text Center>.
See also The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; Most of Which Were Never Before Printed. In Two Volumes, With Decorations. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764). <Link to Vol. 1 in Hathi Trust><Vol. 2><Vol. 3>
Text from The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq. 2 vols., 4th ed. (London: Printed by H. S. Woodfall, for J. Dodsley, 1773). <Link to UVA E-Text Center>.
See also The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; Most of Which Were Never Before Printed. In Two Volumes, With Decorations. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764). <Link to Vol. 1 in Hathi Trust><Vol. 2><Vol. 3>
Date of Entry
08/22/2004
