"Suspence not long my anxious bosom pain'd, / My friend arrived, I clasp'd her to my breast, / I wept, I smiled, alternate passions reign'd, / Till me the sad unwelcome tale confess'd."
— Miss H******* (fl. 1751-1775)
Place of Publication
London
Date
1775
Metaphor
"Suspence not long my anxious bosom pain'd, / My friend arrived, I clasp'd her to my breast, / I wept, I smiled, alternate passions reign'd, / Till me the sad unwelcome tale confess'd."
Metaphor in Context
Suspence not long my anxious bosom pain'd,
My friend arrived, I clasp'd her to my breast,
I wept, I smiled, alternate passions reign'd,
Till me the sad unwelcome tale confess'd.
(p. 152)
My friend arrived, I clasp'd her to my breast,
I wept, I smiled, alternate passions reign'd,
Till me the sad unwelcome tale confess'd.
(p. 152)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1775, 1789).
Hester Chapone, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 3rd edition (London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly ... and J. Walter, 1777). <Link to 3rd edition in Google Books>
Hester Chapone, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 3rd edition (London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly ... and J. Walter, 1777). <Link to 3rd edition in Google Books>
Theme
Ruling Passion
Date of Entry
06/16/2011
