"The heart retires within her cave, / And, bleeding, asks an early grave!"
— Blamire, Susanna (1747-1794)
Author
Date
1842
Metaphor
"The heart retires within her cave, / And, bleeding, asks an early grave!"
Metaphor in Context
And who can say, enchanting power!
How long shall last his brightest hour?
Thy coldness, like a vapour, streams,
And damps our joy's enlivening beams,
When once we give the generous heart,
Fore-doom'd to feel, to bear, and smart,
Yet find thy lovely form decay,
Thy best of features wear away,
Thy fondness drop by slow degrees,
Thy very life-blood coldly freeze,
Thy sweet attentions, one by one--
We know not why--yet see withdrawn;
The heart retires within her cave,
And, bleeding, asks an early grave!
How long shall last his brightest hour?
Thy coldness, like a vapour, streams,
And damps our joy's enlivening beams,
When once we give the generous heart,
Fore-doom'd to feel, to bear, and smart,
Yet find thy lovely form decay,
Thy best of features wear away,
Thy fondness drop by slow degrees,
Thy very life-blood coldly freeze,
Thy sweet attentions, one by one--
We know not why--yet see withdrawn;
The heart retires within her cave,
And, bleeding, asks an early grave!
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
01/18/2006
