"Then let Cupid 's dart, / Now wound your soft heart."
— Anonymous; George Powell (1658-1714), Publisher
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for D. Brown and T. Bennet and T. Gateby
Date
1696
Metaphor
"Then let Cupid 's dart, / Now wound your soft heart."
Metaphor in Context
CHORUS
Then let's haste,
Love sweets to taste,
Whilst God's above,
Envying our Love,
Desire to know,
The more than Heavenly Joys we taste below.
CLORIS
Let Love's Lambent fire,
Inflame our desire.
DAMON
Then let Cupid 's dart,
Now wound your soft heart.
Then let's haste,
Love sweets to taste,
Whilst God's above,
Envying our Love,
Desire to know,
The more than Heavenly Joys we taste below.
CLORIS
Let Love's Lambent fire,
Inflame our desire.
DAMON
Then let Cupid 's dart,
Now wound your soft heart.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in C-H Lion
Citation
The Cornish Comedy, As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Dorset-Garden, by His Majesty's Servants. (London: Printed for D. Brown and T. Bennet and T. Gateby, 1696). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
06/18/2013
