659 - Judith Cowper to Martin Madan, 1723
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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 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
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]
primary author
- face
- mind
- feeling
- happy
- love (romantic)
- shame
courting
primary addressee
love (romantic)
memory
courting
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.