"This little Bird, when you receive, / An emblem of my heart believe."
— Bowden, Samuel (fl. 1733-1761)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Boddely, for the Author
Date
1754
Metaphor
"This little Bird, when you receive, / An emblem of my heart believe."
Metaphor in Context
This little Bird, when you receive,
An emblem of my heart believe.
Like him it wander'd wild and free,
Nor thought to lose its liberty.
The Bird indeed may wish to rove,
And once more flutter in the grove;
But cou'd I find some happy art,
In your fair breast to lodge my heart,
Pleas'd in that prison to remain,
I'd never wish to rove again.
An emblem of my heart believe.
Like him it wander'd wild and free,
Nor thought to lose its liberty.
The Bird indeed may wish to rove,
And once more flutter in the grove;
But cou'd I find some happy art,
In your fair breast to lodge my heart,
Pleas'd in that prison to remain,
I'd never wish to rove again.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "bird" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Poems on Various Subjects; with some Essays in Prose, Letters to Correspondents, &c. and A Treatise on Health. By Samuel Bowden (Bath: T. Boddely, 1754). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
04/29/2012
