"Beware the fatal Passion you inspire: / Each soft intruding Wish in Time reprove, / And guard against the sweet Envader Love."
— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for, and sold by S. Paterson
Date
1747
Metaphor
"Beware the fatal Passion you inspire: / Each soft intruding Wish in Time reprove, / And guard against the sweet Envader Love."
Metaphor in Context
To these an open free Behaviour wear,
Avoid Disguise, and seem at least sincere.
Whene'er you meet affect a glad Surprize,
And give unmelting Softness to your Eyes:
By some unguarded Word your Love reveal,
And anxiously the rising Blush conceal.
By Arts like these the Jealous you deceive,
Then most deluded when they most believe.
But while in all you seek to raise Desire,
Beware the fatal Passion you inspire:
Each soft intruding Wish in Time reprove,
And guard against the sweet Envader Love.
Not for the tender were these Rules design'd,
Who in their Faces show their yielding Mind:
Eyes that a native Languishment can wear,
Whose Smiles are artless, and whose Blush sincere;
But the gay Nymph who Liberty can prize.
And vindicate the Triumph of her Eyes:
(p. 66)
Avoid Disguise, and seem at least sincere.
Whene'er you meet affect a glad Surprize,
And give unmelting Softness to your Eyes:
By some unguarded Word your Love reveal,
And anxiously the rising Blush conceal.
By Arts like these the Jealous you deceive,
Then most deluded when they most believe.
But while in all you seek to raise Desire,
Beware the fatal Passion you inspire:
Each soft intruding Wish in Time reprove,
And guard against the sweet Envader Love.
Not for the tender were these Rules design'd,
Who in their Faces show their yielding Mind:
Eyes that a native Languishment can wear,
Whose Smiles are artless, and whose Blush sincere;
But the gay Nymph who Liberty can prize.
And vindicate the Triumph of her Eyes:
(p. 66)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1747).
Poems on Several Occasions. Written by a Young Lady. (London: Printed for, and sold by S. Paterson, 1747). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Poems on Several Occasions. Written by a Young Lady. (London: Printed for, and sold by S. Paterson, 1747). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
10/14/2013
