"Upon the back of each bright heart / These words engraven were [literally], / In mystic characters; fond Love / And joy have fix'd me here."
— Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick (1746-1828)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1779, 1794
Metaphor
"Upon the back of each bright heart / These words engraven were [literally], / In mystic characters; fond Love / And joy have fix'd me here."
Metaphor in Context
"O'erjoy'd, to deck each little wrist
"A curious braid of hair
"Her fingers wove, which ruby hearts
"Both crown'd and fasten'd there.
"One bracelet from her flaxen locks
"Like glossy silk did shine;
"The other braid her partial hand
"Would needs collect from mine.
"Upon the back of each bright heart
"These words engraven were,
"In mystic characters; fond Love
"And joy have fix'd me here.
"The well-remember'd pledge of love
"Unto my lips I prest;
"The while a thousand tender thoughts
"O'erwhelm'd my throbbing breast.
"A curious braid of hair
"Her fingers wove, which ruby hearts
"Both crown'd and fasten'd there.
"One bracelet from her flaxen locks
"Like glossy silk did shine;
"The other braid her partial hand
"Would needs collect from mine.
"Upon the back of each bright heart
"These words engraven were,
"In mystic characters; fond Love
"And joy have fix'd me here.
"The well-remember'd pledge of love
"Unto my lips I prest;
"The while a thousand tender thoughts
"O'erwhelm'd my throbbing breast.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "engrav" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1779, 1783, 1794, 1800).
See Edwy and Edilda: A Tale. In Five Parts. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1779). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Edwy and Edilda, a Tale, in Five Parts. By the Rev. Thomas Sedgwick Whalley, Author of "A Poem on Mont Blanc," &c. &c. &c. Embellished With Six Fine Engravings, from Original Designs, by a Young Lady. (London: Printed for T. Chapman, Fleet Street; W. Richardson, Royal Exchange; and R. Faulder, Bond Street, 1794). <Link to ESTC>
See Edwy and Edilda: A Tale. In Five Parts. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1779). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Edwy and Edilda, a Tale, in Five Parts. By the Rev. Thomas Sedgwick Whalley, Author of "A Poem on Mont Blanc," &c. &c. &c. Embellished With Six Fine Engravings, from Original Designs, by a Young Lady. (London: Printed for T. Chapman, Fleet Street; W. Richardson, Royal Exchange; and R. Faulder, Bond Street, 1794). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
03/08/2005
