"And, sexual pride subdued, at length disown / The Salique Law for Wit and Fancy's throne!"
— Seward, Anna (1742-1809)
Author
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Co. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
Date
1810
Metaphor
"And, sexual pride subdued, at length disown / The Salique Law for Wit and Fancy's throne!"
Metaphor in Context
Her dress, her air, her accent to attain,
See emulative fair-ones strive in vain!
While sires and matrons in attention vie,
And watch the rising archness in her eye.
E'en envious maids, in life's deserted wane,
Look half as pleased as if beloved again;
Lose, as they listen, all their sullen cares,
Remit their scandal, and neglect their prayers.
Round the grave Scholiast as her spirit plays,
Behold him chace it thro' its brilliant maze,
And, sexual pride subdued, at length disown
The Salique Law for Wit and Fancy's throne![1]
See emulative fair-ones strive in vain!
While sires and matrons in attention vie,
And watch the rising archness in her eye.
E'en envious maids, in life's deserted wane,
Look half as pleased as if beloved again;
Lose, as they listen, all their sullen cares,
Remit their scandal, and neglect their prayers.
Round the grave Scholiast as her spirit plays,
Behold him chace it thro' its brilliant maze,
And, sexual pride subdued, at length disown
The Salique Law for Wit and Fancy's throne![1]
Categories
Provenance
Searching "fancy" and "throne" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Seward, Anna. 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
01/25/2006
