"Such was the Wreath, when HYMEN led / Our MONARCH to his nuptial bed; / And such the tender Chain which binds, / In mutual Love, their wedded Minds."
— Nugent, Robert [or Craggs] (1702-1788)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1775
Metaphor
"Such was the Wreath, when HYMEN led / Our MONARCH to his nuptial bed; / And such the tender Chain which binds, / In mutual Love, their wedded Minds."
Metaphor in Context
There should the ROYAL CHARLOTTE trace
Her Brunswick, in majestic grace,
With Looks beneficently kind,
The Face illumin'd by the Mind;
While He, with Joy-transported Eyes,
Should see his much-lov'd CHARLOTTE rise;
And Both behold their Infant-train,
Cull Flowrets on the pictur'd Plain,
Weaving for Them a fragrant band,
More sweet from the presenting Hand:
Such was the Wreath, when HYMEN led
Our MONARCH to his nuptial bed;
And such the tender Chain which binds,
In mutual Love, their wedded Minds.
(pp. 4-5)
Her Brunswick, in majestic grace,
With Looks beneficently kind,
The Face illumin'd by the Mind;
While He, with Joy-transported Eyes,
Should see his much-lov'd CHARLOTTE rise;
And Both behold their Infant-train,
Cull Flowrets on the pictur'd Plain,
Weaving for Them a fragrant band,
More sweet from the presenting Hand:
Such was the Wreath, when HYMEN led
Our MONARCH to his nuptial bed;
And such the tender Chain which binds,
In mutual Love, their wedded Minds.
(pp. 4-5)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "chain" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Verses Addressed To The Queen, With a New Year's Gift of Irish Manufacture. By Lord Clare (London: J. Dodsley, 1775). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/18/2011
