"But swift Desires, / Transport my passions, to a Throne of Rest"
— Bold, Henry (1627-1683)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Henry Brome [etc.]
Date
1664
Metaphor
"But swift Desires, / Transport my passions, to a Throne of Rest"
Metaphor in Context
Be gon! Thou Fatal Feaver! from me, now be gone!
Let Love alone!
Let his Ætherial flames, possess my Breast!
The fires, of thy consuming heat, no ayd requires,
But swift Desires,
Transport my passions, to a Throne of Rest
Where I, who in the pride of health, could never feel,
Such warmth to move.
By Sickness tam'd,
A'm so Enflam'd,
I fee'le, noe joy, but Love.
And he, who trifled many tedious hours away
My Love to trye.
In little space,
Hath gain'd the Grace,
To have more power, then I.
Let Love alone!
Let his Ætherial flames, possess my Breast!
The fires, of thy consuming heat, no ayd requires,
But swift Desires,
Transport my passions, to a Throne of Rest
Where I, who in the pride of health, could never feel,
Such warmth to move.
By Sickness tam'd,
A'm so Enflam'd,
I fee'le, noe joy, but Love.
And he, who trifled many tedious hours away
My Love to trye.
In little space,
Hath gain'd the Grace,
To have more power, then I.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "passion" and "throne" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Henry Bold, Poems Lyrique, Macaronique, Heroique (London: Henry Brome, 1664). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
01/25/2006
