" But make me' a Seal upon Thy Heart! / A Badg Thou on Thy Arm mayst wear,"
— Woodford, Samuel (1636-1700)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. D. for John Baker and Henry Brome
Date
1679
Metaphor
" But make me' a Seal upon Thy Heart! / A Badg Thou on Thy Arm mayst wear,"
Metaphor in Context
SPONSA.
Pone me ut signaculum super Cor.
Sponsa.
Blest, ever blessed be that Day.
When thus Thou cam'est, and thus I lay!
O let us never, never part,
But make me' a Seal upon Thy Heart!
A Badg Thou on Thy Arm mayst wear,
That where Thou art, I may be there,
And never, never from Thee part,
But always on, or next Thy Heart!
"For love, (And who loves more than I?)
"Stronger than Death, does Death defie.
"His Conquests like the Graves, extend,
"And further, up to Heav'n his flames ascend.
"But never was there such a Flame,
"As that, in which to me he came;
"So dreadful, scorching, and so bright,
"I blest, but trembled at the sight.
"A Fire; Love was himself that Fire,
"Which in no Waters will expire:
"But, eve'n in Floods, securely lives,
"And all their watry threats survives.
"Nor quench, nor drown it can the Flood,
"Nor buy it, all the seeming good
"This World, that mighty Chapman, boasts
"In his vast Traffique through all Coasts.
"For so invaluable is its price,
"And its exchange so monstrous high does rise,
"The Universe too little is for 'its Merchandise.
Pone me ut signaculum super Cor.
Sponsa.
Blest, ever blessed be that Day.
When thus Thou cam'est, and thus I lay!
O let us never, never part,
But make me' a Seal upon Thy Heart!
A Badg Thou on Thy Arm mayst wear,
That where Thou art, I may be there,
And never, never from Thee part,
But always on, or next Thy Heart!
"For love, (And who loves more than I?)
"Stronger than Death, does Death defie.
"His Conquests like the Graves, extend,
"And further, up to Heav'n his flames ascend.
"But never was there such a Flame,
"As that, in which to me he came;
"So dreadful, scorching, and so bright,
"I blest, but trembled at the sight.
"A Fire; Love was himself that Fire,
"Which in no Waters will expire:
"But, eve'n in Floods, securely lives,
"And all their watry threats survives.
"Nor quench, nor drown it can the Flood,
"Nor buy it, all the seeming good
"This World, that mighty Chapman, boasts
"In his vast Traffique through all Coasts.
"For so invaluable is its price,
"And its exchange so monstrous high does rise,
"The Universe too little is for 'its Merchandise.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "seal" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
2 entries in the ESTC (1679, 1713).
Text from A Paraphrase Upon the Canticles, and Some Select Hymns of the New and Old Testament, With Other Occasional Compositions in English Verse. by Samuel Woodford (London: Printed by J. D. for John Baker and Henry Brome, 1679). <Link to EEBO>
Text from A Paraphrase Upon the Canticles, and Some Select Hymns of the New and Old Testament, With Other Occasional Compositions in English Verse. by Samuel Woodford (London: Printed by J. D. for John Baker and Henry Brome, 1679). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
04/17/2005
