"Thy Heart of Gold I do append, To this my Marble Breast,"
— Cleland, William (1661?-1689)
Date
1697
Metaphor
"Thy Heart of Gold I do append, To this my Marble Breast,"
Metaphor in Context
Thy Heart of Gold I do append,
To this my Marble Breast,
There to Remain, till Death shall send
It's Breathing to arrest;
Then I'm content that she or he,
That shall the same unloose,
In this succeed to me and thee,
In Heart and Breasts dispose.
(p. 126, ll. 9-16)
To this my Marble Breast,
There to Remain, till Death shall send
It's Breathing to arrest;
Then I'm content that she or he,
That shall the same unloose,
In this succeed to me and thee,
In Heart and Breasts dispose.
(p. 126, ll. 9-16)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "gold" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
"An Answer to a Letter, from a Souldier Comerad, while in the Camp," A Collection of Several Poems and Verses, Composed upon Various Occasions. By Mr. William Cleland (1697). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
05/27/2005
