"But wretched thou, whoe'er my rival art, / That fondly boasts an empire o'er her heart."
— Yalden, Thomas (1670-1736)
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Work Title
Date
1694, 1708
Metaphor
"But wretched thou, whoe'er my rival art, / That fondly boasts an empire o'er her heart."
Metaphor in Context
But wretched thou, whoe'er my rival art,
That fondly boasts an empire o'er her heart;
Thou that enjoy'st the fair inconstant prize,
And vainly triumph'st with my victories;
Unenvy'd now, o'er all her beauties rove,
Enjoy thy ruin, and Neæra's love:
Though wealth and honours grace thy nobler birth,
To bribe her love, and fix a wandering faith;
Though every grace and every virtue join,
T' enrich thy mind, and make thy form divine:
Yet, blest with endless charms, too soon you'll prove
The treacheries of false Neæra's love.
Lost and abandon'd by th' ungrateful fair,
Like me you'll love, be injur'd and despair.
When left th' unhappy object of her scorn,
Then shall I smile to see the victor mourn,
Laugh at thy fate, and triumph in my turn.
(cf. pp. 60-1 in 1716 Miscellanies)
That fondly boasts an empire o'er her heart;
Thou that enjoy'st the fair inconstant prize,
And vainly triumph'st with my victories;
Unenvy'd now, o'er all her beauties rove,
Enjoy thy ruin, and Neæra's love:
Though wealth and honours grace thy nobler birth,
To bribe her love, and fix a wandering faith;
Though every grace and every virtue join,
T' enrich thy mind, and make thy form divine:
Yet, blest with endless charms, too soon you'll prove
The treacheries of false Neæra's love.
Lost and abandon'd by th' ungrateful fair,
Like me you'll love, be injur'd and despair.
When left th' unhappy object of her scorn,
Then shall I smile to see the victor mourn,
Laugh at thy fate, and triumph in my turn.
(cf. pp. 60-1 in 1716 Miscellanies)
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Searching "empire" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Searching in EEBO-TCP, ECCO, and ESTC (1694, 1708, 1715, 1716, 1727, 1730, 1779, 1790, 1795, 1800). Finding lines in The Odes and Satires of Horace (1715, 1730) and The English Anthology (1793).
First printed in Tonson's miscellany for 1694 (the fourth volume). See The Annual Miscellany, for the Year 1694 Being the Fourth Part of Miscellany Poems: Containing Great Variety of New Translations and Original Copies. (London: Printed by R.E. for Jacob Tonson, 1694). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Earliest hit in ECCO is Miscellany Poems (London: Tonson, 1708). <Link to ECCO> See also Miscellany Poems (London: Tonson, 1716). <Link to Google Books>
Yalden's poetry was also collected and reprinted in the Works of the British Poets (London: Printed by E. Cox, [etc.], 1779). <Link to Google Books>.
Text from The Poems of Dr. Yalden (London: Printed for J. Johnson; J. Nichols and Son; R. Baldwin, 1810). <Link to UVa E-Text Center>
First printed in Tonson's miscellany for 1694 (the fourth volume). See The Annual Miscellany, for the Year 1694 Being the Fourth Part of Miscellany Poems: Containing Great Variety of New Translations and Original Copies. (London: Printed by R.E. for Jacob Tonson, 1694). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Earliest hit in ECCO is Miscellany Poems (London: Tonson, 1708). <Link to ECCO> See also Miscellany Poems (London: Tonson, 1716). <Link to Google Books>
Yalden's poetry was also collected and reprinted in the Works of the British Poets (London: Printed by E. Cox, [etc.], 1779). <Link to Google Books>.
Text from The Poems of Dr. Yalden (London: Printed for J. Johnson; J. Nichols and Son; R. Baldwin, 1810). <Link to UVa E-Text Center>
Date of Entry
08/22/2004
Date of Review
04/03/2012
