"That Bosom, where thy Image dwells!"

— Broome, William (1689-1745); Hesiod


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Henry Lintot
Date
1727, 1739
Metaphor
"That Bosom, where thy Image dwells!"
Metaphor in Context
My Eyes with Floods of Tears overflow,
My Bosom heaves with constant Woe;
Those Eyes, which thy Unkindness swells,
That Bosom, where thy Image dwells!
(p. 202 in 1727 ed.)
Provenance
Reading in ECCO
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1727, 1739, 1750).

Text from Poems on Several Occasions. By William Broome, 2nd ed., (London: Printed for Henry Lintot, 1739). Metaphors confirmed in 1727 ed. <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
09/27/2013

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.