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 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
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 Library, University of Oxford
1723
Hertingfordbury [Hertfordshire, England]
[England]
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- reporting
- conflictual
- metaphorical
- closing
- main body
- opening
- throughout (consistent)
41-60%
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