A lover's heart may be one's throne

— Huddesford, George (bap. 1749, d. 1809)

Author

Huddesford, George (bap. 1749, d. 1809)

Work Title

Ode I. Let the Sons of Lucre Pine [from The poems of George Huddesford ... now first collected. Including Salmagundi, Topsy-Turvy, Bubble and Squeak, and Crambe Repetita. With corrections, and original additions]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Wright ... By W. Bulmer and Co. [etc.]
Date
1801
Metaphor
A lover's heart may be one's throne
Metaphor in Context
  Pride, on thy vesture's purple fold
    Let the sky-tinctur'd sapphire blaze,
    The emerald shed its milder rays,
    And rubies blush in circling gold:
    Low at thy nod let suppliants bow,
    And crested chiefs precedence yield;
    Thy hand the rod of empire wield,
    And wreaths of triumph grace thy brow:--
  A nobler aim let my ambition own,
Be Love my empire, Lesbia's heart my throne!
Categories
Government::Throne
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
08/07/2004

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.