"My Sister weeping! Tho' her Reason governs, / I judge her Grief for Cassius, by my own."
— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1723, 1740
Metaphor
"My Sister weeping! Tho' her Reason governs, / I judge her Grief for Cassius, by my own."
Metaphor in Context
BRUTUS.
My Sister weeping! Tho' her Reason governs,
I judge her Grief for Cassius, by my own;
For Portia's Absence sits upon my Heart:
Nor need I blush to bear the tender Burthen,
So much she merits, and so well she loves.
But publick Cares must silence private Grief;
Since ev'ry Hour some fresh Expresses tell
New fatal Turns in Rome, portending Ill:
The wav'ring Lepidus, (perceiving Cæsar
Had cunningly agreed with Antony)
Tho' with a greater Army, yields to them.
My Sister weeping! Tho' her Reason governs,
I judge her Grief for Cassius, by my own;
For Portia's Absence sits upon my Heart:
Nor need I blush to bear the tender Burthen,
So much she merits, and so well she loves.
But publick Cares must silence private Grief;
Since ev'ry Hour some fresh Expresses tell
New fatal Turns in Rome, portending Ill:
The wav'ring Lepidus, (perceiving Cæsar
Had cunningly agreed with Antony)
Tho' with a greater Army, yields to them.
Citation
Searching, over 7 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1723, 1726, 1729, 1740, 1751, 1752, 1753).
Text from The Works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. 2 vols, 3rd ed., Corrected (London: Printed for T. Wotton and D. Browne, 1740).
See also The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus: With the Prologue & the Two Last Chorus's Written by His Grace John Duke of Buckingham. (London: Printed for the Company, [1726?]). <Link to ESTC>
Appears in The Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, 2 vols. (London: John Barber, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. 2 vols, 3rd ed., Corrected (London: Printed for T. Wotton and D. Browne, 1740).
See also The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus: With the Prologue & the Two Last Chorus's Written by His Grace John Duke of Buckingham. (London: Printed for the Company, [1726?]). <Link to ESTC>
Appears in The Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, 2 vols. (London: John Barber, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
09/14/2009
