"Let none hereafter dare to blame / The Gods, for making Cupid blind / Lest his offence he plagu'd with shame / And all Mens hate, besiege his mind."
— Dunton, John (1659-1732)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Richard Newcome
Date
1691
Metaphor
"Let none hereafter dare to blame / The Gods, for making Cupid blind / Lest his offence he plagu'd with shame / And all Mens hate, besiege his mind."
Metaphor in Context
Let none hereafter dare to blame
The Gods, for making Cupid blind
Lest his offence he plagu'd with shame,
And all Mens hate, besiege his mind.
For by this Couple we do plainly prove,
That without blindness, there could be no Love.
(III, pp. 405-6)
The Gods, for making Cupid blind
Lest his offence he plagu'd with shame,
And all Mens hate, besiege his mind.
For by this Couple we do plainly prove,
That without blindness, there could be no Love.
(III, pp. 405-6)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
John Dunton, A Voyage Round the World: or, a Pocket-Library, Divided into several Volumes. The First of which contains the Rare Adventures of Don Kainophilus, From his Cradle to his 15th. Year. The like Discoveries in such a Method never made by any Rambler before. The whole Work intermixt with Essays, Historical, Moral and Divine; and all other kinds of Learning. Done into English by a Lover of Travels. Recommended by the Wits of both Universities. 3 vols. (London: Printed for Richard Newcome, 1691). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
06/19/2013
