"For as a Watch by art is wound / To motion, such was mine: / But never had Orinda found / A Soul till she found thine."
— Philips [née Fowler], Katherine (1632-1664)
Place of Publication
Printed by J. M. for H. Herringman
Publisher
London
Date
1667
Metaphor
"For as a Watch by art is wound / To motion, such was mine: / But never had Orinda found / A Soul till she found thine."
Metaphor in Context
This Carcass breath'd, and walkt, and slept,
So that the World believ'd
There was a Soul the Motions kept;
But they were all deceiv'd.
For as a Watch by art is wound
To motion, such was mine:
But never had Orinda found
A Soul till she found thine;
Which now inspires, cures and supplies,
And guides my darkned Breast:
For thou art all that I can prize,
My Joy, my Life, my Rest.
(ll. 5-16)
So that the World believ'd
There was a Soul the Motions kept;
But they were all deceiv'd.
For as a Watch by art is wound
To motion, such was mine:
But never had Orinda found
A Soul till she found thine;
Which now inspires, cures and supplies,
And guides my darkned Breast:
For thou art all that I can prize,
My Joy, my Life, my Rest.
(ll. 5-16)
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Citation
Browsing online edition edited by Jack Lynch. <Link>
4 records in ESTC (1667, 1669, 1678, 1710).
See also Poems: By the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips: The matchless Orinda. To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace Tragedies. With several other Translations out of French (London: Printed by J. M. for H. Herringman, 1667). <Link to EEBO>
4 records in ESTC (1667, 1669, 1678, 1710).
See also Poems: By the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips: The matchless Orinda. To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace Tragedies. With several other Translations out of French (London: Printed by J. M. for H. Herringman, 1667). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
01/04/2010
