"Such feign'd Amours, and real Hate / Attend the Matrimonial State; / When sacred Vows are bought and sold, / And Hearts are ty'd with Threads of Gold."
— Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintot [etc.]
Date
1717
Metaphor
"Such feign'd Amours, and real Hate / Attend the Matrimonial State; / When sacred Vows are bought and sold, / And Hearts are ty'd with Threads of Gold."
Metaphor in Context
Such feign'd Amours, and real Hate
Attend the Matrimonial State;
When sacred Vows are bought and sold,
And Hearts are ty'd with Threads of Gold.
Attend the Matrimonial State;
When sacred Vows are bought and sold,
And Hearts are ty'd with Threads of Gold.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "gold" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
05/27/2005
