One may take "all my counterfeit address / 'For sterling passion, should the like profess?"
— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Author
Work Title
Date
1819
Metaphor
One may take "all my counterfeit address / 'For sterling passion, should the like profess?"
Metaphor in Context
"But how if this fair creature should incline
"To think too highly of this love of mine,
"And, taking all my counterfeit address
"For sterling passion, should the like profess?
"Nay, this is folly; or if I perceive
"Aught of the kind, I can but take my leave;
"And if the heart should feel a little sore,
"Contempt and anger will its ease restore.
"To think too highly of this love of mine,
"And, taking all my counterfeit address
"For sterling passion, should the like profess?
"Nay, this is folly; or if I perceive
"Aught of the kind, I can but take my leave;
"And if the heart should feel a little sore,
"Contempt and anger will its ease restore.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "passion" and "sterling" in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Dreams
Date of Entry
06/03/2005
