"Could I but think, on this same day, / She would with some Contrition pray, / That never she again would take / A Captive Heart or Conquest make."
— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Cambridge
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date
1907
Metaphor
"Could I but think, on this same day, / She would with some Contrition pray, / That never she again would take / A Captive Heart or Conquest make."
Metaphor in Context
Could I but think, on this same day,
She would with some Contrition pray,
That never she again would take
A Captive Heart or Conquest make;
But would with penitential Sighs
Veil that fair face, hide those bright Eyes;
Command that Wit, and try her best
To let poor gazing Mortals rest--
Then would I all these Charges blot,
And all the past should be forgot!
She would with some Contrition pray,
That never she again would take
A Captive Heart or Conquest make;
But would with penitential Sighs
Veil that fair face, hide those bright Eyes;
Command that Wit, and try her best
To let poor gazing Mortals rest--
Then would I all these Charges blot,
And all the past should be forgot!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Crabbe, George. Poems. Ed. Adolphus William Ward. Vol. III. (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1907).
Date of Entry
02/09/2005
Date of Review
06/24/2011
