"From her blest Heart there flows a Line, / Which Nature made, and grapples mine. / Secret as that which tyes the Mind, / When to the Body 'tis confin'd"
— Hawkshaw, Benjamin (1671/2-1738)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Henry Dickenson
Date
1693
Metaphor
"From her blest Heart there flows a Line, / Which Nature made, and grapples mine. / Secret as that which tyes the Mind, / When to the Body 'tis confin'd"
Metaphor in Context
I.
Poor fading Pleasures to pursue,
I know 'tis base, as well as you;
But whilst this Lump of Flesh I wear,
From doing so I can't forbear;
The old deceiving Serpent still
Corrupts and vitiates my Will.
II.
From her blest Heart there flows a Line,
Which Nature made, and grapples mine.
Secret as that which tyes the Mind,
When to the Body 'tis confin'd:
If I love on, blame me no more,
Can I with Nature run in score?
(p. 128, ll. 1-12)
Poor fading Pleasures to pursue,
I know 'tis base, as well as you;
But whilst this Lump of Flesh I wear,
From doing so I can't forbear;
The old deceiving Serpent still
Corrupts and vitiates my Will.
II.
From her blest Heart there flows a Line,
Which Nature made, and grapples mine.
Secret as that which tyes the Mind,
When to the Body 'tis confin'd:
If I love on, blame me no more,
Can I with Nature run in score?
(p. 128, ll. 1-12)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in C-H Lion
Citation
Only one entry in the ESTC.
Poems upon Several Occasions by Benj. Hawkshaw (London: Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Henry Dickenson, 1693). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Poems upon Several Occasions by Benj. Hawkshaw (London: Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Henry Dickenson, 1693). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
07/24/2013
