"Come! let thy locks (whose every Hair / A willing Lover doth ensnare) / Fetter my Soul, in those soft Chaines, / Where Beauty link't with Love, remains!"
— Bold, Henry (1627-1683)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Henry Brome [etc.]
Date
1664
Metaphor
"Come! let thy locks (whose every Hair / A willing Lover doth ensnare) / Fetter my Soul, in those soft Chaines, / Where Beauty link't with Love, remains!"
Metaphor in Context
Come! let thy locks (whose every Hair
A willing Lover doth ensnare)
Fetter my Soul, in those soft Chaines,
Where Beauty link't with Love, remains!
And keep me bound, that I may be
Thy Prisoner, yet at Liberty.
A willing Lover doth ensnare)
Fetter my Soul, in those soft Chaines,
Where Beauty link't with Love, remains!
And keep me bound, that I may be
Thy Prisoner, yet at Liberty.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "chain" and "soul" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Henry Bold, Poems Lyrique, Macaronique, Heroique (London: Henry Brome, 1664). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
01/11/2012
