"Know, lovely virgin, thy deluding art / Hath lodg'd a thousand scorpions in my breast."
— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Walker and Edwards
Date
1816
Metaphor
"Know, lovely virgin, thy deluding art / Hath lodg'd a thousand scorpions in my breast."
Metaphor in Context
Know, lovely virgin, thy deluding art
Hath lodg'd a thousand scorpions in my breast.
Oh, say what happier rival wins thy heart?
Say, am I there no more a welcome guest?
Hath lodg'd a thousand scorpions in my breast.
Oh, say what happier rival wins thy heart?
Say, am I there no more a welcome guest?
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from The Works of Peter Pindar, 4 vols. (London: Printed for Walker and Edwards, 1816).
But see also Persian Elegies. These lines appeared there originally: collected twice.
But see also Persian Elegies. These lines appeared there originally: collected twice.
Date of Entry
03/13/2006
