"'My constant heart a lamp perpetual burns."
— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Robson
Date
1771, 1806
Metaphor
"'My constant heart a lamp perpetual burns."
Metaphor in Context
The pious Arabert's no more,
The peace the dead require, for him implore:
'Let peace, let joy, (I said) his spirit join,
'Nor joy nor peace must e'er encircle mine.
'Lamented Youth! too tenderly allied,
'In vain you fled me, and in vain you died;
'Still to your image, which this breast inurns,
'My constant heart a lamp perpetual burns.
The peace the dead require, for him implore:
'Let peace, let joy, (I said) his spirit join,
'Nor joy nor peace must e'er encircle mine.
'Lamented Youth! too tenderly allied,
'In vain you fled me, and in vain you died;
'Still to your image, which this breast inurns,
'My constant heart a lamp perpetual burns.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast and "lamp"in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1771, 1772).
Text from Poems and Plays, by Mr. Jerningham. 4 vols, 9th ed. (London: Printed by Luke Hansard for Nornaville and Fell, 1806).
See The Funeral of Arabert, Monk of La Trappe: a Poem. By Mr. Jerningham. (London: Printed for J. Robson, 1771). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Poems and Plays, by Mr. Jerningham. 4 vols, 9th ed. (London: Printed by Luke Hansard for Nornaville and Fell, 1806).
See The Funeral of Arabert, Monk of La Trappe: a Poem. By Mr. Jerningham. (London: Printed for J. Robson, 1771). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
01/20/2006
