"Charms with soft words, and sooths with amorous wiles, / Her iron-hearted Lord,--and Pluto smiles."
— Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Johnson ... by T. Bensley
Date
1803
Metaphor
"Charms with soft words, and sooths with amorous wiles, / Her iron-hearted Lord,--and Pluto smiles."
Metaphor in Context
"Love led the Sage through Death's tremendous porch,
Cheer'd with his smile, and lighted with his torch;--
Hell's triple Dog his playful jaws expands,
Fawns round the God, and licks his baby hands;
In wondering groups the shadowy nations throng,
And sigh or simper, as he steps along;
Sad swains, and nymphs forlorn, on Lethe's brink,
Hug their past sorrows, and refuse to drink;
Night's dazzled Empress feels the golden flame
Play round her breast, and melt her frozen frame;
Charms with soft words, and sooths with amorous wiles,
Her iron-hearted Lord,--and Pluto smiles.--
His trembling Bride the Bard triumphant led
From the pale mansions of the astonish'd dead;
Gave the fair phantom to admiring light,--
Ah, soon again to tread irremeable night!"
Cheer'd with his smile, and lighted with his torch;--
Hell's triple Dog his playful jaws expands,
Fawns round the God, and licks his baby hands;
In wondering groups the shadowy nations throng,
And sigh or simper, as he steps along;
Sad swains, and nymphs forlorn, on Lethe's brink,
Hug their past sorrows, and refuse to drink;
Night's dazzled Empress feels the golden flame
Play round her breast, and melt her frozen frame;
Charms with soft words, and sooths with amorous wiles,
Her iron-hearted Lord,--and Pluto smiles.--
His trembling Bride the Bard triumphant led
From the pale mansions of the astonish'd dead;
Gave the fair phantom to admiring light,--
Ah, soon again to tread irremeable night!"
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/07/2005
