"My Heart is my own / And a Stranger to Care"
— Carey, George Saville (1743-1807)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1766
Metaphor
"My Heart is my own / And a Stranger to Care"
Metaphor in Context
2 REAP.
Troth and so it will, and it won't get up at thy bidding again, but that shan't give me any uneasiness:
AIR IX.
My Heart is my own
And a Stranger to Care,
Content is my Throne,
I sit without Fear.
At Night I retire
With Health and with Ease;
The Lasses admire,
And study to please.
But if I don't find
They'll please in their Part
'T may fire the Mind,
But shan't touch the Heart.
Troth and so it will, and it won't get up at thy bidding again, but that shan't give me any uneasiness:
AIR IX.
My Heart is my own
And a Stranger to Care,
Content is my Throne,
I sit without Fear.
At Night I retire
With Health and with Ease;
The Lasses admire,
And study to please.
But if I don't find
They'll please in their Part
'T may fire the Mind,
But shan't touch the Heart.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "stranger" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed on November 12, 1779. Only one entry in the ESTC (1766). Published with The Inoculator, a Comedy in Three Acts. and Poems on Several Occasions and two more poems (London: Printed for the Author, 1766). <Link to ESTC>
Listed in LION as The Cottagers, An Opera, In Three Acts (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by J. Williams and by T. Tofts, and J. Hassel, 1766).
Listed in LION as The Cottagers, An Opera, In Three Acts (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by J. Williams and by T. Tofts, and J. Hassel, 1766).
Date of Entry
03/06/2006
