Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 70 of 258
Psyche, and other poems — page 70: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Description This is an **argument page**—a summary or outline preceding the main narrative. It appears in a work (possibly allegorical) featuring a character named Psyche and her Knight-protector. The text outlines a sequential plot: Psyche's journey under her Champion's protection, her temptation in the "Bower of loose Delight," escape, encounters with personified vices (Vanity, Flattery, Ambition), and her Knight's rescue. The page uses the conventions of Victorian moral allegory, with abstract virtues and vices as characters.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
ARGUMENT. Praise of LovePsyche’s Champion, with his attendant, Constance, de- — scribed—The Knight assimes the command of Passion, who appears _ as a Lion—Psyche proceeds under the protection of the Knight— — Persuaded to repose in the Bower of loose Delight—Her escape from thence—Led by Innocence to Retirement—Psyche meets Vanity — and Flattery—Betrayed by them into the power of Ambition—Res- cued by her Knight. \ Connie DOO KS. Coma)