The eyes are "False mirrors of an Heart, which deeper lies."
— Woodford, Samuel (1636-1700)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. D. for John Baker ... and Henry Brome
Date
1679
Metaphor
The eyes are "False mirrors of an Heart, which deeper lies."
Metaphor in Context
His Eyes were therefore hid (if hid they were)
From all commerce in Love to' exclude the Eyes;
Which judging, as the Object does appear,
Too oft impose, impos'd by Flatteries,
False mirrors of an Heart, which deeper lies:
The Heart, where Love that's true does first begin,
By Reason guided, its own worth to 'apprize;
Then by Discretion, seld in Lovers seen,
Who still the more's the outward glare, see least within.
From all commerce in Love to' exclude the Eyes;
Which judging, as the Object does appear,
Too oft impose, impos'd by Flatteries,
False mirrors of an Heart, which deeper lies:
The Heart, where Love that's true does first begin,
By Reason guided, its own worth to 'apprize;
Then by Discretion, seld in Lovers seen,
Who still the more's the outward glare, see least within.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "mirror" 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>
Theme
Physiognomy
Date of Entry
11/21/2005
