"Thrice happy she, condemned to move / Beneath the servile weight, / Whose thoughts ne'er soar one inch above / The standard of her fate"
— Taylor, Ellen (fl. 1792)
Author
Date
1792
Metaphor
"Thrice happy she, condemned to move / Beneath the servile weight, / Whose thoughts ne'er soar one inch above / The standard of her fate"
Metaphor in Context
Thrice happy she, condemned to move
Beneath the servile weight,
Whose thoughts ne'er soar one inch above
The standard of her fate.
But far more happy is the soul,
Who feels the pleasing sense;
And can indulge without control
Each thought that flows from thence.
(ll. 25-32, p. 456)
Beneath the servile weight,
Whose thoughts ne'er soar one inch above
The standard of her fate.
But far more happy is the soul,
Who feels the pleasing sense;
And can indulge without control
Each thought that flows from thence.
(ll. 25-32, p. 456)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Lonsdale, R. Ed. Eighteenth Century Women Poets (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1989).
Date of Entry
07/29/2003
