"Now, treacherous Boy, thou hast me sure, / Playing the Wanton with my Heart, / As foolish Children that a Bird have got, / Slacken the Thread, but not unty the knot."
— Sherburne, Sir Edward (bap. 1616, d. 1702)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Hunt, for Thomas Dring
Date
1651
Metaphor
"Now, treacherous Boy, thou hast me sure, / Playing the Wanton with my Heart, / As foolish Children that a Bird have got, / Slacken the Thread, but not unty the knot."
Metaphor in Context
The Sickness not at first past cure,
By this Relapse despiseth Art:
Now, treacherous Boy, thou hast me sure,
Playing the Wanton with my Heart,
As foolish Children that a Bird have got,
Slacken the Thread, but not unty the knot.
By this Relapse despiseth Art:
Now, treacherous Boy, thou hast me sure,
Playing the Wanton with my Heart,
As foolish Children that a Bird have got,
Slacken the Thread, but not unty the knot.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "bird" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Sir Edward Sherburne, Poems and Translations Amorous, Lusory, Morall, Divine (London: Printed by W. Hunt, for Thomas Dring, 1651). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
04/29/2012
