"And give me back my heart again, / And oh! instruct the roving guest, / No more to wander from my breast."

— Shaw, Cuthbert (1738-1771)


Date
November, 1769?
Metaphor
"And give me back my heart again, / And oh! instruct the roving guest, / No more to wander from my breast."
Metaphor in Context
"Belinda, since I cannot move,
Thy icy breast to joy and love,
Since all my grief and all my care,
Serve but to heighten my despair;
Make some requital for my pain,
And give me back my heart again,
And oh! instruct the roving guest,
No more to wander from my breast
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Provenance
Searching "heart" and "guest" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/13/2006
Date of Review
06/04/2013

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