"My Tongue has slipp'd, and quite deceiv'd my Heart, / That melts like Wax before your hottest Anger"
— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1723, 1740
Metaphor
"My Tongue has slipp'd, and quite deceiv'd my Heart, / That melts like Wax before your hottest Anger"
Metaphor in Context
BRUTUS
If I have said one Word that sounds unkindly,
My Tongue has slipp'd, and quite deceiv'd my Heart,
That melts like Wax before your hottest Anger.
Behold my Tears for having so much vex'd y
If I have said one Word that sounds unkindly,
My Tongue has slipp'd, and quite deceiv'd my Heart,
That melts like Wax before your hottest Anger.
Behold my Tears for having so much vex'd y
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "wax" in HDIS (Poetry)
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
03/27/2005
