"But when that seal is first imprest, / When the young heart its pain shall try, / From the soft, yielding, trembling breast, / Oft seems the startled soul to fly."
— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)
Author
Work Title
Date
1778, 1804
Metaphor
"But when that seal is first imprest, / When the young heart its pain shall try, / From the soft, yielding, trembling breast, / Oft seems the startled soul to fly."
Metaphor in Context
But when that seal is first imprest,
When the young heart its pain shall try,
From the soft, yielding, trembling breast,
Oft seems the startled soul to fly.
When the young heart its pain shall try,
From the soft, yielding, trembling breast,
Oft seems the startled soul to fly.
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Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1778, 1780).
See John Langhorne, Owen of Carron. A Poem (London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1778). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Text from The Poetical Works of John Langhorne, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Mawman [by] T. Gillet, 1804).
See John Langhorne, Owen of Carron. A Poem (London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1778). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Text from The Poetical Works of John Langhorne, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Mawman [by] T. Gillet, 1804).
Date of Entry
08/25/2004
Date of Review
07/15/2011
