"Absence cannot guard the cell / Where wayward thoughts are doom'd to dwell"
— Blamire, Susanna (1747-1794)
Author
Work Title
Date
1842
Metaphor
"Absence cannot guard the cell / Where wayward thoughts are doom'd to dwell"
Metaphor in Context
You say I cannot fly you--no;
That I believe! for sure I know,
That Absence cannot guard the cell
Where wayward thoughts are doom'd to dwell;
Out from the bosom they will break,
And former joys for ever seek;
For ever tell the passing hour
'Tis not like that that's gone before!
That I believe! for sure I know,
That Absence cannot guard the cell
Where wayward thoughts are doom'd to dwell;
Out from the bosom they will break,
And former joys for ever seek;
For ever tell the passing hour
'Tis not like that that's gone before!
Categories
Provenance
Searching in "thought" and "cell" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
08/28/2005
