"Or if that Lady, in whose Breast, / My fled Heart, is lodg'd a Guest, / Will Exchange (but Oh! I fear / Her's, is stray'd, some other where) / I may Live"
— Bold, Henry (1627-1683)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Henry Brome [etc.]
Date
1664
Metaphor
"Or if that Lady, in whose Breast, / My fled Heart, is lodg'd a Guest, / Will Exchange (but Oh! I fear / Her's, is stray'd, some other where) / I may Live"
Metaphor in Context
Or if that Lady, in whose Breast,
My fled Heart, is lodg'd a Guest,
Will Exchange (but Oh! I fear
Her's, is stray'd, some other where)
I may Live; if not; I dye,
Martyr, to her Diety,
To encrease, her Victory.
My fled Heart, is lodg'd a Guest,
Will Exchange (but Oh! I fear
Her's, is stray'd, some other where)
I may Live; if not; I dye,
Martyr, to her Diety,
To encrease, her Victory.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "guest" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Henry Bold, Poems Lyrique, Macaronique, Heroique (London: Henry Brome, 1664). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
03/13/2006
