"But sure thy mind was meant the court of love, / Soft as the joys, that yielding virgins move."
— Harman, P.
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. and P. Knapton
Date
1751
Metaphor
"But sure thy mind was meant the court of love, / Soft as the joys, that yielding virgins move."
Metaphor in Context
[...]
You play with an exalted genius shines,
And charming bumbers every thought refines.
But sure they mind was meant the court of love,
Soft as the joys, that yielding virgins move.
There every grace does to thy pen repair,
Firing the brave, melting the rigid fair.
Nor less in honour's school hast thou been read,
Thy men with equal steps the tract of glory tread:
As when some mastr hand a Cupid draws,
With pointed arrow in a lover's cause;
On th' other side a Mars with manly grace,
Expressing right and vict'ry in his face;
The sporting fair, who now despis'd his art,
Feels from the shadow a resistless dart;
And he -- -- [...]
(pp. 466-467)
You play with an exalted genius shines,
And charming bumbers every thought refines.
But sure they mind was meant the court of love,
Soft as the joys, that yielding virgins move.
There every grace does to thy pen repair,
Firing the brave, melting the rigid fair.
Nor less in honour's school hast thou been read,
Thy men with equal steps the tract of glory tread:
As when some mastr hand a Cupid draws,
With pointed arrow in a lover's cause;
On th' other side a Mars with manly grace,
Expressing right and vict'ry in his face;
The sporting fair, who now despis'd his art,
Feels from the shadow a resistless dart;
And he -- -- [...]
(pp. 466-467)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Jane Spencer's The Rise of the Woman Novelist (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986).
Citation
Only 1 entry in ECCO (1751).
See P. Harmon, "To the Author, on her Tragedy call'd Fatal Friendship," in The Works of Mrs. Catherine Cockburn. 2 vols. ed. Thomas Birch. (London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1751). II, p. 466. <Link to ECCO>
See P. Harmon, "To the Author, on her Tragedy call'd Fatal Friendship," in The Works of Mrs. Catherine Cockburn. 2 vols. ed. Thomas Birch. (London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1751). II, p. 466. <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
09/20/2007
Date of Review
09/20/2007
