"She has kindled fires in my breast, / Which keep me still awake, / And robs her Lover of that rest, / Which she her self does take."
— Anonymous
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Bentley
Date
1693
Metaphor
"She has kindled fires in my breast, / Which keep me still awake, / And robs her Lover of that rest, / Which she her self does take."
Metaphor in Context
Why should my fair Enchantress sleep,
And yet not dream at all of those,
Whom Love of her in torment keep,
And hinders from the least repose:
She has kindled fires in my breast,
Which keep me still awake,
And robs her Lover of that rest,
Which she her self does take.
(p. 30)
And yet not dream at all of those,
Whom Love of her in torment keep,
And hinders from the least repose:
She has kindled fires in my breast,
Which keep me still awake,
And robs her Lover of that rest,
Which she her self does take.
(p. 30)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Vertue Rewarded; or, the Irish Princess. A New Novel (London: Printed for R. Bentley, 1693)
Date of Entry
06/17/2013
