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Poem
December 9, 1785
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A lyrical poem titled 'The Progress of LOVE' describes love as an innate human quality, beginning as a spark in infancy, growing into a flame in youth, and fading with age and death.
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The Progress of LOVE.
Nature when She form'd a man,
Gave a soul for love design'd;
Love with life at first began,
And possess'd his infant mind.
When upon the breast he lay,
Love began to grow within;
With his milk, he every day,
Suck'd the soothing passion in.
First a feeble spark, it glow'd,
Glow'd and brighter still became,
Beauty fuel soon bestow'd,
Youth increas'd it to a flame.--
Till by age and weakness worn.
Half extinguish'd it shall lie:
Thus was every mortal born,
Once to love and once to die.
The Progress of LOVE.
Nature when She form'd a man,
Gave a soul for love design'd;
Love with life at first began,
And possess'd his infant mind.
When upon the breast he lay,
Love began to grow within;
With his milk, he every day,
Suck'd the soothing passion in.
First a feeble spark, it glow'd,
Glow'd and brighter still became,
Beauty fuel soon bestow'd,
Youth increas'd it to a flame.--
Till by age and weakness worn.
Half extinguish'd it shall lie:
Thus was every mortal born,
Once to love and once to die.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
Song
What themes does it cover?
Love Courtship
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Progress Of Love
Innate Passion
Youth Flame
Age Extinction
Mortal Life
Poem Details
Title
The Progress Of Love.
Subject
The Progress Of Love Through Life
Form / Style
Rhymed Quatrains
Key Lines
Nature When She Form'd A Man,
Gave A Soul For Love Design'd;
First A Feeble Spark, It Glow'd,
Once To Love And Once To Die.