"Oh Repose! thou Stranger to the Breasts of Lovers, when wilt thou return to bless me?"
— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Owen Lloyd, William Lewis, John Graves
Date
1712
Metaphor
"Oh Repose! thou Stranger to the Breasts of Lovers, when wilt thou return to bless me?"
Metaphor in Context
CONST.
I admire I hear not from my Cousin--Pray Heav'n he be well, and 'scap'd unseen by Bellvil. Oh Repose! thou Stranger to the Breasts of Lovers, when wilt thou return to bless me? An unusual Heaviness sits on my Spirits, as if some mighty Danger threatned me--If Bastion's safe, I care not what it be, for nought has Pow'r to shock my Soul wherein he's not concern'd--Camilla promis'd to pass the Evening with me, I wish she'd come, I'll go into my Chamber, and read something in Cowley.
I admire I hear not from my Cousin--Pray Heav'n he be well, and 'scap'd unseen by Bellvil. Oh Repose! thou Stranger to the Breasts of Lovers, when wilt thou return to bless me? An unusual Heaviness sits on my Spirits, as if some mighty Danger threatned me--If Bastion's safe, I care not what it be, for nought has Pow'r to shock my Soul wherein he's not concern'd--Camilla promis'd to pass the Evening with me, I wish she'd come, I'll go into my Chamber, and read something in Cowley.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "stranger" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed January 19, 1712. 2 entries in ESTC (1712, 1761).
See The Perplex'd Lovers. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mrs. Susanna Cent-livre. (London: Printed for Owen Lloyd, William Lewis, John Graves, 1712). <Link to ECCO>
See The Perplex'd Lovers. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mrs. Susanna Cent-livre. (London: Printed for Owen Lloyd, William Lewis, John Graves, 1712). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
03/06/2006
