"And if, O love, thy potent dart / Should reach the sleeping shepherd's heart, / O! be to him a gentler guest, / And pierce, with lighter shaft, his breast."
— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1778
Metaphor
"And if, O love, thy potent dart / Should reach the sleeping shepherd's heart, / O! be to him a gentler guest, / And pierce, with lighter shaft, his breast."
Metaphor in Context
And if, O love, thy potent dart
Should reach the sleeping shepherd's heart,
O! be to him a gentler guest,
And pierce, with lighter shaft, his breast.
Should reach the sleeping shepherd's heart,
O! be to him a gentler guest,
And pierce, with lighter shaft, his breast.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "guest" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/13/2006
