By chance some heart may "thy empire own"
— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Joseph Knight, and Francis Saunders
Date
1688
Metaphor
By chance some heart may "thy empire own"
Metaphor in Context
In courts I sought thee then, thy proper sphear
But thou in crowds we'rt stifl'd there,
Int'rest did all the loving business do,
Invites the youths and wins the Virgins too.
Or if by chance some heart thy empire own
(Ah power ingrate!) the slave must be undone.
But thou in crowds we'rt stifl'd there,
Int'rest did all the loving business do,
Invites the youths and wins the Virgins too.
Or if by chance some heart thy empire own
(Ah power ingrate!) the slave must be undone.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Lycidus: or the Lover in Fashion. Being an Account from Lycidus to Lysander, Of his Voyage from the island of love. From the French. By the same author Of the Voyage to the Isle of love. Together with a miscellany of New Poems. By Several Hands (London: Printed for Joseph Knight, and Francis Saunders, 1688). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/19/2004
