" 'Why wouldst thou follow with delusive Art, / 'So poor a Conquest as a female heart?"
— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1729, 1737
Metaphor
" 'Why wouldst thou follow with delusive Art, / 'So poor a Conquest as a female heart?"
Metaphor in Context
'Shalum, I know Thee more than mortal wise,
'Vers'd in the Earth, the Ocean, and the Skies:
'Thou know'st the various Virtues of the Soil,
'And which would mock, and which deserves the toil
''Tis thine to view the rolling Orbs on high,
'And trace the wandring Planets thro' the sky.
'Thy Thoughts are fix'd sublime, and far above
'The weak engagements of a Woman's Love.
'Oh! cease, and leave me to my self alone,
'Already happy in my Little Own.
'Why wouldst thou follow with delusive Art,
'So poor a Conquest as a female heart?
'Still may thy labours with Success be paid;
'May Wood to Wood be joyn'd, and Shade to Shade.
'Great be thy Comfort in thy lov'd recess,
'But tempt not me to share, and make the Blessing less.
'Vers'd in the Earth, the Ocean, and the Skies:
'Thou know'st the various Virtues of the Soil,
'And which would mock, and which deserves the toil
''Tis thine to view the rolling Orbs on high,
'And trace the wandring Planets thro' the sky.
'Thy Thoughts are fix'd sublime, and far above
'The weak engagements of a Woman's Love.
'Oh! cease, and leave me to my self alone,
'Already happy in my Little Own.
'Why wouldst thou follow with delusive Art,
'So poor a Conquest as a female heart?
'Still may thy labours with Success be paid;
'May Wood to Wood be joyn'd, and Shade to Shade.
'Great be thy Comfort in thy lov'd recess,
'But tempt not me to share, and make the Blessing less.
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Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from Poems on Several Occasions: In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston, 2nd ed. (London: Printed for B. Motte, and C. Bathurst, 1737).
See also Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. Joseph Thurson. (London: Printed by W.P. for Benj. Motte, at the Middle-Temple Gate, Fleetstreet, 1729).
See also Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. Joseph Thurson. (London: Printed by W.P. for Benj. Motte, at the Middle-Temple Gate, Fleetstreet, 1729).
Date of Entry
02/14/2005
