Doubts and fears may "Contend for empire and distract the mind"
— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by C. Roworth, for T. Egerton [etc.]
Date
1801
Metaphor
Doubts and fears may "Contend for empire and distract the mind"
Metaphor in Context
"Ah cease!" he cried, "fond Nymph! the heart t'upbraid,
"Which thy fair image too distinctly bears:
"The cloud, which darkly o'er my fancy play'd,
"Whate'er th' illusion may have caus'd, now clears,
"And, tho' with range uncertain, doubts and fears
"Contend for empire and distract my mind.
"Ah! look not so! drop not those pearly tears
"Hide those perfections, lest, to duty blind,
'Again my working soul to madness be resign'd!'
"Which thy fair image too distinctly bears:
"The cloud, which darkly o'er my fancy play'd,
"Whate'er th' illusion may have caus'd, now clears,
"And, tho' with range uncertain, doubts and fears
"Contend for empire and distract my mind.
"Ah! look not so! drop not those pearly tears
"Hide those perfections, lest, to duty blind,
'Again my working soul to madness be resign'd!'
Categories
Provenance
HDIS
Date of Entry
08/11/2004
