"These are the very Words which Grief, Madam, has engrav'd in the bottom of my Heart"
— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by and for John Watts
Date
1739
Metaphor
"These are the very Words which Grief, Madam, has engrav'd in the bottom of my Heart"
Metaphor in Context
LYCAS.
Mark, Princess, how great a Misfortune is spread thro' the Court by the Answer of the Oracle which the Fates have render'd to the King. These are the very Words which Grief, Madam, has engrav'd in the bottom of my Heart.
O think not of concluding Psyche's Nuptials;
But lead her speedily in Fun'ral Pomp
Unto a Mountain's Top, where, left by all,
There constantly attends to be her Spouse
A pois'nous Dragon, which its Venom spreads
In ev'ry Place, infecting Heav'n and Earth.
After so terrible a Decree, I leave you yourselves to judge if the Gods could have discover'd their Wrath to us by a more cruel and severe a Stroke.
Mark, Princess, how great a Misfortune is spread thro' the Court by the Answer of the Oracle which the Fates have render'd to the King. These are the very Words which Grief, Madam, has engrav'd in the bottom of my Heart.
O think not of concluding Psyche's Nuptials;
But lead her speedily in Fun'ral Pomp
Unto a Mountain's Top, where, left by all,
There constantly attends to be her Spouse
A pois'nous Dragon, which its Venom spreads
In ev'ry Place, infecting Heav'n and Earth.
After so terrible a Decree, I leave you yourselves to judge if the Gods could have discover'd their Wrath to us by a more cruel and severe a Stroke.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "engrav" and "heart" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
At least 3 entries in ESTC (1739, 1748, 1755).
Trans. Henry Baker and James Miller, The Works of Moliere, French and English, 10 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Trans. Henry Baker and James Miller, The Works of Moliere, French and English, 10 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
03/09/2005
