"You o'er my heart were born to reign / And bravely took it by Invasion."
— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Author
Date
c. 1695-8 [published 1907]
Metaphor
"You o'er my heart were born to reign / And bravely took it by Invasion."
Metaphor in Context
Strength and Wisdom useless prove,
Once to see her is to Love;
Others in Time a heart may gain
By Treaty or Perswasion,
Their Conquests They by Siege obtain;
You o'er my heart were born to reign
And bravely took it by Invasion.
Once to see her is to Love;
Others in Time a heart may gain
By Treaty or Perswasion,
Their Conquests They by Siege obtain;
You o'er my heart were born to reign
And bravely took it by Invasion.
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Prior, Matthew. Dialogues of the Dead: And Other Works in Prose and Verse . Ed. A.R. Waller. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1907.
Date of Entry
02/14/2005
