"Oh! it was not a diamond which engraved that image on my heart"
— Anonymous; Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Bell [etc.]
Date
1796
Metaphor
"Oh! it was not a diamond which engraved that image on my heart"
Metaphor in Context
[Presenting the ring.]
FEL.
A memorial! do I need one?--memorial of you! Oh! that word friend, which you have just uttered, what diamond in the world is sufficient to repay it? What diamond could throw a greater lustre on my soul in the hours of sadness than the reflection that I saved your life? Must I then be doomed, each time I cast a look at my finger, to exclaim: Thou art paid!
NAT.
Curse upon that hateful word!--No! no! When destiny shall separate us, this ring will recal to your remembrance the image of a friend.
FEL.
Oh! it was not a diamond which engraved that image on my heart.
NAT.
The cypher of my name is formed of my own hair.
FEL.
Your hair, encircled with diamonds, would for ever remind me, that Natalia is a countess.
FEL.
A memorial! do I need one?--memorial of you! Oh! that word friend, which you have just uttered, what diamond in the world is sufficient to repay it? What diamond could throw a greater lustre on my soul in the hours of sadness than the reflection that I saved your life? Must I then be doomed, each time I cast a look at my finger, to exclaim: Thou art paid!
NAT.
Curse upon that hateful word!--No! no! When destiny shall separate us, this ring will recal to your remembrance the image of a friend.
FEL.
Oh! it was not a diamond which engraved that image on my heart.
NAT.
The cypher of my name is formed of my own hair.
FEL.
Your hair, encircled with diamonds, would for ever remind me, that Natalia is a countess.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "engrav" and "heart" in HDIS (Drama)
Theme
Negated Metaphor
Date of Entry
03/09/2005
