"Till now detain'd / In cruel bonds, his thoughts alone were free, / And these have never stray'd from his Constantia."
— Williams, Anna (1708-1783)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Davies
Date
1766
Metaphor
"Till now detain'd / In cruel bonds, his thoughts alone were free, / And these have never stray'd from his Constantia."
Metaphor in Context
CONSTANTIA.
But wherefore all this time--
HENRIQUES.
Till now detain'd
In cruel bonds, his thoughts alone were free,
And these have never stray'd from his Constantia.
CONSTANTIA.
O Heav'ns! how have I wrong'd thee, my Gernando!
But wherefore all this time--
HENRIQUES.
Till now detain'd
In cruel bonds, his thoughts alone were free,
And these have never stray'd from his Constantia.
CONSTANTIA.
O Heav'ns! how have I wrong'd thee, my Gernando!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "bond" and "thought" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1766).
See Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. By Anna Williams. (London: Printed for T. Davies, in Great Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, 1766). <Link to ESTC>
See Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. By Anna Williams. (London: Printed for T. Davies, in Great Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, 1766). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
01/09/2012
