"O lovely queen, / Beauty usurps the empire of my heart, / All its affections."
— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Johnson
Date
1790
Metaphor
"O lovely queen, / Beauty usurps the empire of my heart, / All its affections."
Metaphor in Context
'It is enough,' he cried,
'I give thee mine, unbounded as the sky,
'And as the ocean deep. O lovely queen,
'Beauty usurps the empire of my heart,
'All its affections -- Artabazus here!
'What would you, soldier?'
'I give thee mine, unbounded as the sky,
'And as the ocean deep. O lovely queen,
'Beauty usurps the empire of my heart,
'All its affections -- Artabazus here!
'What would you, soldier?'
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ECCO and ESTC (1790).
See James Hurdis, Poems by the Author of The Village Curate, and Adriano (London: J. Johnson, 1790). <Link to ECCO>
See James Hurdis, Poems by the Author of The Village Curate, and Adriano (London: J. Johnson, 1790). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/22/2004
Date of Review
04/03/2012
