"The government of Head and Heart soon chang'd, / All former plans of thinking were derang'd; / Cupid's fond garrison was put to route, / Hypothesis march'd in, and Love march'd out."
— Jones, Jenkin [Captain] (fl. 1798)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
M. Allen
Date
1798 [1797?]
Metaphor
"The government of Head and Heart soon chang'd, / All former plans of thinking were derang'd; / Cupid's fond garrison was put to route, / Hypothesis march'd in, and Love march'd out."
Metaphor in Context
The Genius of Illusion was his foe.
Drawn by the magnet of her artful smiles,
Our fond Philanders fell into her toils;
And while they gaz'd on her inchanting face,
The fatal metamorphosis took place.
The government of Head and Heart soon chang'd,
All former plans of thinking were derang'd;
Cupid's fond garrison was put to route,
Hypothesis march'd in, and Love march'd out.
All grew Philosophers upon the spot,
And all the stories of their love forgot.
Not so the fond expecting love-sick dames,
Their hearts still glow'd with unextinguish'd flames;
And softly rising at the wonted hour,
They fled impatient to the midnight bow'r.
Each call'd her swain, but dreadful to relate!
Each tender stock-dove miss'd her cooing mate.
(p. 97)
Drawn by the magnet of her artful smiles,
Our fond Philanders fell into her toils;
And while they gaz'd on her inchanting face,
The fatal metamorphosis took place.
The government of Head and Heart soon chang'd,
All former plans of thinking were derang'd;
Cupid's fond garrison was put to route,
Hypothesis march'd in, and Love march'd out.
All grew Philosophers upon the spot,
And all the stories of their love forgot.
Not so the fond expecting love-sick dames,
Their hearts still glow'd with unextinguish'd flames;
And softly rising at the wonted hour,
They fled impatient to the midnight bow'r.
Each call'd her swain, but dreadful to relate!
Each tender stock-dove miss'd her cooing mate.
(p. 97)
Categories
Provenance
Reading at the Folger
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1798).
Jenkin Jones, Hobby Horses: A Poetic Allegory (London: Printed for M. Allen, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Jenkin Jones, Hobby Horses: A Poetic Allegory (London: Printed for M. Allen, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
05/16/2013
