"[Love's] Pleasures have so many Pains, / And leave such Stings behind, / That I'm resolv'd to quit the Chains, / And free my captive Mind."

— Bowden, Samuel (fl. 1733-1761)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Pemberton ... and C. Davis [etc.]
Date
1733-5
Metaphor
"[Love's] Pleasures have so many Pains, / And leave such Stings behind, / That I'm resolv'd to quit the Chains, / And free my captive Mind."
Metaphor in Context
Beauteous Irene, say no more
   Of Love, now I am safe at Shore:
Its Pleasures have so many Pains,
   And leave such Stings behind,
That I'm resolv'd to quit the Chains,
   And free my captive Mind.
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "chain" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
07/14/2011

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