"But a smooth and stedfast mind, / Gentle thought and calm desires, / Hearts in equal love combin'd, / Kindle never-dying fires; / Where these are not I despise / Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes."
— Fenn [née Frere], Ellenor (1744-1813)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and sold by John Marshall
Date
1782
Metaphor
"But a smooth and stedfast mind, / Gentle thought and calm desires, / Hearts in equal love combin'd, / Kindle never-dying fires; / Where these are not I despise / Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes."
Metaphor in Context
He who loves a rosy cheek,
Or a coral lip admires;
Or from star-like eyes doth seek,
Fuel to maintain his fires;
As old Time makes these decay,
So their loves will wear away.
But a smooth and stedfast mind,
Gentle thought and calm desires,
Hearts in equal love combin'd,
Kindle never-dying fires;
Where these are not I despise
Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes. (page 99)
Or a coral lip admires;
Or from star-like eyes doth seek,
Fuel to maintain his fires;
As old Time makes these decay,
So their loves will wear away.
But a smooth and stedfast mind,
Gentle thought and calm desires,
Hearts in equal love combin'd,
Kindle never-dying fires;
Where these are not I despise
Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes. (page 99)
Categories
Provenance
Contributed by PC Fleming, searching "mind"
Citation
Fenn, Ellenor. School Occurrences: Supposed to Have Arisen Among a Set of Young Ladies, Under the Tuition of Mrs. Teachwell; and to Be Recorded by One of Them. (London: Printed and sold by John Marshall and Co. No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard, in Bow Lane, 1782). Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale. <Link to ECCO.>
Date of Entry
07/13/2010
