The soul may be tossed in a whirlwind
— Savage, Mary (fl. 1763-1777)
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Work Title
Date
1777
Metaphor
The soul may be tossed in a whirlwind
Metaphor in Context
Then hear, my girl--if 'tis your lot
To marry, be not this forgot:
That neither sex must think to find
Perfection in the human kind;
Each has a fool's cap--and a bell--
And, what it worse, can't always tell
(While they have got it on their head)
How far astray they may be led.
Let it be then your mutual care,
That never both at once may wear
This fatal mark of reason's loss,
That whirlwind-like the soul does toss.
Obtain this point, and friendship's power
Will rise and bless each future hour
(ll. 45-58, p. 349)
To marry, be not this forgot:
That neither sex must think to find
Perfection in the human kind;
Each has a fool's cap--and a bell--
And, what it worse, can't always tell
(While they have got it on their head)
How far astray they may be led.
Let it be then your mutual care,
That never both at once may wear
This fatal mark of reason's loss,
That whirlwind-like the soul does toss.
Obtain this point, and friendship's power
Will rise and bless each future hour
(ll. 45-58, p. 349)
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Citation
Lonsdale, R. Ed. Eighteenth Century Women Poets. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Date of Entry
07/28/2003
