"Genius her proudest miracle began; / Gave thee despotic empire o'er the heart."
— Seward, Anna (1742-1809)
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Work Title
Date
1807, 1810
Metaphor
"Genius her proudest miracle began; / Gave thee despotic empire o'er the heart."
Metaphor in Context
In thee, and in the scorn of gradual Art,
Genius her proudest miracle began;
Gave thee despotic empire o'er the heart,
Long years ere growth and strength might stamp thee man.
(vol. III, p. 383, ll. 17-20)
Genius her proudest miracle began;
Gave thee despotic empire o'er the heart,
Long years ere growth and strength might stamp thee man.
(vol. III, p. 383, ll. 17-20)
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Provenance
Searching "empire" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry); found again in Google Books.
Citation
Found in The Lady's Magazine (London: C. Robinson, September 1807), p. 499. <Link to Google Books>
Text from The Poetical Works of Anna Seward; with Extracts from Her Literary Correspondence. ed. Walter Scott. 3 vols. (Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Co., 1810).
Text from The Poetical Works of Anna Seward; with Extracts from Her Literary Correspondence. ed. Walter Scott. 3 vols. (Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Co., 1810).
Date of Entry
08/22/2004
