"O're Loves unbeaten Wilds, I plaid and rang'd. / Whilst at our Mouths, our wandring Souls w' exchang'd."

— Anonymous


Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Randal Taylor
Date
1693
Metaphor
"O're Loves unbeaten Wilds, I plaid and rang'd. / Whilst at our Mouths, our wandring Souls w' exchang'd."
Metaphor in Context
THE ENJOYMENT
OR, Bracillas Heaven
Long had the cruel Fair Bracilla strove
Against the fierce Attacks of mighty Love;
Misled by Honour, and affected Fame,
She fled from solid Bliss, for a meer empty Name.
This Fantom was the Cause of all my Pain,
For this alone, I sigh'd so long in vain;
'Till juster Love pitying my hopeless Grief,
By Gold, and Night brought me a kind Relief.
Gold to my Arms, give up the glorious Prize,
Whilst Night veil'd all the shun'd Confession of her Eyes.
Oh! What a Night was that, ye Powers Divine?
When I lay close within her Arms, she clasp'd in mine.
O're Loves unbeaten Wilds, I plaid and rang'd.
Whilst at our Mouths, our wandring Souls w' exchang'd
.
Farewell all Mortal Cares, in haste farewell,
I'm now where boundless Joys, and endless Raptures Dwell.
(pp. 112-3
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Anonymous, The Player's Tragedy. Or, Fatal Love, a New Novel (London: Printed, and Sold by Randal Taylor, 1693)
Date of Entry
06/15/2013

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.