"Each man of sense, you'll find disdain / To drag coquetry's galling chain. / 'Tis prudence, truth, good sense, my dear, / That makes the lamp of love burn clear; / These are the silken cords, that bind / The Lover's, and the Husband's mind."

— Pointon, Priscilla [AKA Priscilla Pickering] (c. 1740-1801)


Place of Publication
Birmingham
Publisher
Printed by E. Piercy
Date
1794
Metaphor
"Each man of sense, you'll find disdain / To drag coquetry's galling chain. / 'Tis prudence, truth, good sense, my dear, / That makes the lamp of love burn clear; / These are the silken cords, that bind / The Lover's, and the Husband's mind."
Metaphor in Context
When such a youth shall Celia sue,
(Believe me such you'll find but few!)
Let not within your breast preside
Vain-glory, affectation, pride;
Each man of sense, you'll find disdain
To drag coquetry's galling chain.
'Tis prudence, truth, good sense, my dear,
That makes the lamp of love burn clear; <--page 47-->
These are the silken cords, that bind
The Lover's, and the Husband's mind.

When youth and beauty both decline,
These charms with added lustre shine;
No change they know, but ever bloom,
With graces that survive the tomb!
(pp. 47-8)
Provenance
Reading in ECCO
Citation
See Poems by Mrs. Pickering. To Which Are Added Poetical Sketches by the Author, and Translator of Philotoxi Ardenæ. (Birmingham: Printed by E. Piercy, No. 96, In Bull - Street; and sold by J. Johnson, ST. Paul's Church-Yard, London, 1794). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
11/03/2013

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