"Not Charms alone made the Fam'd Sisters great, / Both wedded, to high Titles, Wealth, and State; / But bland Complacence, and obsequious Art, / That could, with silken Bands, enthrall the Heart."
— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Owen
Date
1759
Metaphor
"Not Charms alone made the Fam'd Sisters great, / Both wedded, to high Titles, Wealth, and State; / But bland Complacence, and obsequious Art, / That could, with silken Bands, enthrall the Heart."
Metaphor in Context
[...] Not Charms alone made the Fam'd Sisters great,
Both wedded, to high Titles, Wealth, and State;
But bland Complacence, and obsequious Art,
That could, with silken Bands, enthrall the Heart;
But strict Adherence, to fair Virtue's Laws,
And rigid Perseverance, in her Cause;
But joint Benevolence, of Friends sincere,
And their own Worth, that could those Friends indear;
Nature, in vain, had these so lovely form'd,
Had not their Conduct their Admirers charm'd;
Beauty may Rapture, to the Eye, impart,
The Heart is won by Virtue, and Desert; [...]
(p. 44)
Both wedded, to high Titles, Wealth, and State;
But bland Complacence, and obsequious Art,
That could, with silken Bands, enthrall the Heart;
But strict Adherence, to fair Virtue's Laws,
And rigid Perseverance, in her Cause;
But joint Benevolence, of Friends sincere,
And their own Worth, that could those Friends indear;
Nature, in vain, had these so lovely form'd,
Had not their Conduct their Admirers charm'd;
Beauty may Rapture, to the Eye, impart,
The Heart is won by Virtue, and Desert; [...]
(p. 44)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1759, 1760, 1775).
Text from Female Conduct: Being an Essay on the Art of Pleasing. To Be Practised by the Fair Sex, Before, and After Marriage. A Poem, in Two Books. Humbly Dedicated, to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Inscribed to Plautilla. by Thomas Marriott, Esq. (London: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, Temple-Bar, 1759). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Female Conduct: Being an Essay on the Art of Pleasing. To Be Practised by the Fair Sex, Before, and After Marriage. A Poem, in Two Books. Humbly Dedicated, to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Inscribed to Plautilla. by Thomas Marriott, Esq. (London: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, Temple-Bar, 1759). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
10/28/2013
