"What Humane Passion does with Tears implore, / The Intellect Enjoys, when 'tis in Love / With the Eternal Soul, which here does move / In Mortal Closet, where 'tis kept in Store"
— Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)
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Work Title
Date
1687
Metaphor
"What Humane Passion does with Tears implore, / The Intellect Enjoys, when 'tis in Love / With the Eternal Soul, which here does move / In Mortal Closet, where 'tis kept in Store"
Metaphor in Context
Chast Cynthia bids me love, but hope no more,
Ne'er wish Enjoyment, which I still have strove
T'obey, and ev'ry looser Thought reprove;
Without desiring her, I her adore.
What Humane Passion does with Tears implore,
The Intellect Enjoys, when 'tis in Love
With the Eternal Soul, which here does move
In Mortal Closet, where 'tis kept in Store.
Our Souls are in one mutual Knot combin'd,
Not Common Passion, Dull and Unrefin'd;
Our Flame ascends, That smothers here below:
The Body made of Earth, turns to the same,
As Soul t'Eternity, from whence it came;
My Love's Immortal then, and Mistress too.
Ne'er wish Enjoyment, which I still have strove
T'obey, and ev'ry looser Thought reprove;
Without desiring her, I her adore.
What Humane Passion does with Tears implore,
The Intellect Enjoys, when 'tis in Love
With the Eternal Soul, which here does move
In Mortal Closet, where 'tis kept in Store.
Our Souls are in one mutual Knot combin'd,
Not Common Passion, Dull and Unrefin'd;
Our Flame ascends, That smothers here below:
The Body made of Earth, turns to the same,
As Soul t'Eternity, from whence it came;
My Love's Immortal then, and Mistress too.
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Provenance
Searching "soul" and "closet" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
09/06/2005
