"'Prepare (he said) the tragic scene to close, / 'And shun the fate that iron-hearts impose"
— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Robson
Date
1773
Metaphor
"'Prepare (he said) the tragic scene to close, / 'And shun the fate that iron-hearts impose"
Metaphor in Context
Now, on the fair, Faldoni cast his eye,
While half-suppress'd arose compassion's sigh:
'Prepare (he said) the tragic scene to close,
'And shun the fate that iron-hearts impose:
'Yet, when I think, if stern parental pow'r
'Had to our wishes giv'n the nuptial hour,
'Life might have wing'd its way supremely blest,
'By fortune favour'd, and by love carest:
'Ah wonder not these tears unbidden flow,
'That round thy form these arms encircling grow;
'That not ev'n Wisdom's dictates can control,
'The grief that harrows up my bleeding soul.
'Yet will I not too lavishly complain,
'A future world may recompence our pain.
'Ah! in that world shou'd we, too blest, rejoin,
'No father there shall traverse Love's design:
'Thee to my hope shou'd fav'ring Heav'n bestow,
'Ah! let us love as we have lov'd below.
While half-suppress'd arose compassion's sigh:
'Prepare (he said) the tragic scene to close,
'And shun the fate that iron-hearts impose:
'Yet, when I think, if stern parental pow'r
'Had to our wishes giv'n the nuptial hour,
'Life might have wing'd its way supremely blest,
'By fortune favour'd, and by love carest:
'Ah wonder not these tears unbidden flow,
'That round thy form these arms encircling grow;
'That not ev'n Wisdom's dictates can control,
'The grief that harrows up my bleeding soul.
'Yet will I not too lavishly complain,
'A future world may recompence our pain.
'Ah! in that world shou'd we, too blest, rejoin,
'No father there shall traverse Love's design:
'Thee to my hope shou'd fav'ring Heav'n bestow,
'Ah! let us love as we have lov'd below.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1773).
Text from Faldoni and Teresa. By Mr. Jerningham (London: Printed for J. Robson, 1773).
Text from Faldoni and Teresa. By Mr. Jerningham (London: Printed for J. Robson, 1773).
Date of Entry
06/07/2005
