"And first, the Presence-Chamber, where does rest, / In fitting state, the Monarch of the breast."
— Shipman, Thomas (1632-1680)
Author
Date
1683
Metaphor
"And first, the Presence-Chamber, where does rest, / In fitting state, the Monarch of the breast."
Metaphor in Context
I'th' second Story, Places choicely drest;--
And first, the Presence-Chamber, where does rest,
In fitting state, the Monarch of the breast.
The Dining-Room, where Ventiducts are set
To bring refreshments for excessive heat.
And Stoves (which wisest Nature there did frame,
Like Vestal-hearths) to save the dying flame.
A sacred Fount does in the Center rise,
Rich as the Spring that water'd Paradise.
Th' Egyptian Queen who quaft a Kingdom up,
Infusing Pearls into her wanton Cup;
The Draughts compar'd, ours have by far the odds;
This was the Nectar of the Demy Gods.
And looks as tho that blushing Queen of Gemms
(The Ruby) were dissolv'd into these Streams.
Hence Princes are in this rich Colour drest;
Since Life it self shines in a Scarlet-Vest.
And first, the Presence-Chamber, where does rest,
In fitting state, the Monarch of the breast.
The Dining-Room, where Ventiducts are set
To bring refreshments for excessive heat.
And Stoves (which wisest Nature there did frame,
Like Vestal-hearths) to save the dying flame.
A sacred Fount does in the Center rise,
Rich as the Spring that water'd Paradise.
Th' Egyptian Queen who quaft a Kingdom up,
Infusing Pearls into her wanton Cup;
The Draughts compar'd, ours have by far the odds;
This was the Nectar of the Demy Gods.
And looks as tho that blushing Queen of Gemms
(The Ruby) were dissolv'd into these Streams.
Hence Princes are in this rich Colour drest;
Since Life it self shines in a Scarlet-Vest.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
05/20/2005
