"Fair tho' she be, if she my Love disdains, / My Heart shall break the Bondage of her Chains."
— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1725
Metaphor
"Fair tho' she be, if she my Love disdains, / My Heart shall break the Bondage of her Chains."
Metaphor in Context
Tho' Flora scorns me, I will not despair:
What Beauty is there in a cruel Fair?
Fair tho' she be, if she my Love disdains,
My Heart shall break the Bondage of her Chains;
As she my Passion, I'll her Scorn despise,
Her Pride shall cure the Mischiefs of her Eyes.
(p. 30)
What Beauty is there in a cruel Fair?
Fair tho' she be, if she my Love disdains,
My Heart shall break the Bondage of her Chains;
As she my Passion, I'll her Scorn despise,
Her Pride shall cure the Mischiefs of her Eyes.
(p. 30)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "bond" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
1 entry in ESTC (1725).
Original Poems: Serious and Humourous. By Mr. Henry Baker. (London: Printed for the author; and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick Lane, T. Wotton at the three Daggers in Fleet-Street, E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange, J. Parker in Pallmall, and J. Woodman in Covent-Garden, 1725). <Link to ESTC>
Original Poems: Serious and Humourous. By Mr. Henry Baker. (London: Printed for the author; and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick Lane, T. Wotton at the three Daggers in Fleet-Street, E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange, J. Parker in Pallmall, and J. Woodman in Covent-Garden, 1725). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
01/06/2012
