"I flatter'd my poor soul that all its Fears / Were Grief's distemper'd coinage, that my Love / Rais'd causeless apprehensions, and at length / Edgar would quite forgive."
— Mason, William (1725-1797)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. and P. Knapton
Date
1752, performed 1772
Metaphor
"I flatter'd my poor soul that all its Fears / Were Grief's distemper'd coinage, that my Love / Rais'd causeless apprehensions, and at length / Edgar would quite forgive."
Metaphor in Context
ELFRIDA.
Do you too fear? Alas!
I flatter'd my poor soul that all its Fears
Were Grief's distemper'd coinage, that my Love
Rais'd causeless apprehensions, and at length
Edgar would quite forgive. I do bethink me,
My joy broke forth too rashly. When they left us,
His safety was not half secur'd; my pleading
Was not half heard; I should have follow'd Edgar,
Claim'd more full pardon, forc'd him to embrace
My sorrowing Lord.
(p. 68)
Do you too fear? Alas!
I flatter'd my poor soul that all its Fears
Were Grief's distemper'd coinage, that my Love
Rais'd causeless apprehensions, and at length
Edgar would quite forgive. I do bethink me,
My joy broke forth too rashly. When they left us,
His safety was not half secur'd; my pleading
Was not half heard; I should have follow'd Edgar,
Claim'd more full pardon, forc'd him to embrace
My sorrowing Lord.
(p. 68)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "coin" and "soul" in HDIS (Poetry); confirmed in Google Books.
Citation
5 entries in ESTC (1752, 1753).
Text drawn from William Mason, Elfrida, A Dramatic Poem. Written on the Model of the Ancient Greek Tragedy, 3rd edition (London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1752). <Link to ESTC> <Link to Google Books>
Text drawn from William Mason, Elfrida, A Dramatic Poem. Written on the Model of the Ancient Greek Tragedy, 3rd edition (London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1752). <Link to ESTC> <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
04/14/2005
