"Let me forever on thy Bosom rest, / Stamp'd on thy Heart, and seal'd within thy Breast!"
— Thompson, Isaac (1703-1776)
Author
Place of Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
Publisher
Printed by John White
Date
1731
Metaphor
"Let me forever on thy Bosom rest, / Stamp'd on thy Heart, and seal'd within thy Breast!"
Metaphor in Context
Let me forever on thy Bosom rest,
Stamp'd on thy Heart, and seal'd within thy Breast!
There nothing can destroy what Love inspires;
Nor Waves, nor Floods can quench th' eternal Fires:
Love knows no Age, but full immortal Prime,
Nor waxes feebler in th' immense of Time;
I feel it here, O come! my Vitals stay,
Or else I faint, or else I die away.
Stamp'd on thy Heart, and seal'd within thy Breast!
There nothing can destroy what Love inspires;
Nor Waves, nor Floods can quench th' eternal Fires:
Love knows no Age, but full immortal Prime,
Nor waxes feebler in th' immense of Time;
I feel it here, O come! my Vitals stay,
Or else I faint, or else I die away.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry); Found again "stamp" and "breast"; found again "seal" and "heart"
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1731).
Isaac Thomson, A Collection of Poems, Occasionally Writ On Several Subjects. By Isaac Thompson (Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by John White, 1731). <Link to ESTC><Link to Hathi Trust> <Link to Google Books>
Isaac Thomson, A Collection of Poems, Occasionally Writ On Several Subjects. By Isaac Thompson (Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by John White, 1731). <Link to ESTC><Link to Hathi Trust> <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
04/07/2005
