"But could our Eyes behold the deep Recess, / Where soft Pamela's Thoughts in private rest, / You'd find, in spite of Hymen's sacred Vows, / Ten Hours in Twelve that she abhors her Spouse"
— Leapor, Mary (1722-1746)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
J. Roberts
Date
1751
Metaphor
"But could our Eyes behold the deep Recess, / Where soft Pamela's Thoughts in private rest, / You'd find, in spite of Hymen's sacred Vows, / Ten Hours in Twelve that she abhors her Spouse"
Metaphor in Context
But less sagacious Virgins often take
Nonsense for Wit, and rue the dire Mistake.
Of these, Pamela, beauteous without Pride;
Bless'd with more Sense than half her Sex beside ...
But could our Eyes behold the deep Recess,
Where soft Pamela's Thoughts in private rest,
You'd find, in spite of Hymen's sacred Vows,
Ten Hours in Twelve that she abhors her Spouse.
Nonsense for Wit, and rue the dire Mistake.
Of these, Pamela, beauteous without Pride;
Bless'd with more Sense than half her Sex beside ...
But could our Eyes behold the deep Recess,
Where soft Pamela's Thoughts in private rest,
You'd find, in spite of Hymen's sacred Vows,
Ten Hours in Twelve that she abhors her Spouse.
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Citation
Posted by Jack Lynch to the 18th Century Interdisciplinary Discussion, 6/23/2006,
Leapor, Mary. Poems Upon Several Occasions. London: J. Roberts, 1751.
Date of Entry
06/23/2006
