659 - Judith Cowper to Martin Madan, 1723

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If Ever I receive another Flame
If E’er I sigh another Lovers name;
If Ever Wealth, or Greatness Charm my mind,
If I a Joy in Life, wth:out thee find
mayst thou my faithless name, abhor, Detest,
And Drive My Guilty Image from thy Breast
J Cowper

Hertingfordbury, 1723
If Ever I receive another Flame
If E’er I sigh another Lovers name;
If Ever Wealth, or Greatness Charm my mind,
If I a Joy in Life, wth:out thee find
mayst thou my faithless name, abhor, Detest,
And Drive My Guilty Image from thy Breast
J Cowper

Hertingfordbury, 1723
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Judith Cowper to Martin Madan, 1723

A short love poem, sent to Madan, which discusses how Madan should respond should she ever fall in love or find happiness with anyone other than him. Discussion of emotion and mind, and of her image appearing in his ‘breast’.

Madan Family

Eng Lett C.284 f.33

Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

1723

Hertingfordbury [Hertfordshire, England]

[England]

People
Person: Judith Madan
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primary author

  • face
  • mind

  • feeling
  • happy
  • love (romantic)
  • shame

courting

Person: Martin Madan
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primary addressee

love (romantic)

memory

courting

How to Cite

To Cite this Letter

Judith Cowper to Martin Madan, 1723, 1723: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, Madan Family, Eng Lett C.284 f.33

To Cite this Edition

Material Identities, Social Bodies: Embodiment in British Letters c.1680-1820. Compiled by: Karen Harvey, Helen Esfandiary, Sarah Fox, Emily Vine, University of Birmingham. Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust (2021-2025, Ref. RPG-2020-163), https://socialbodies.bham.ac.uk.

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