"But hope is the string that rides a sailor's heart--So, heave a-head, my lads."
— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. N. Longman
Date
February 2, 1796
Metaphor
"But hope is the string that rides a sailor's heart--So, heave a-head, my lads."
Metaphor in Context
CHEERLY.
Come, come along, my lads! heave ahead. Three cheers under my mistress's window, and then away.
(Sailors appear dissatisfied with Cheerly.)
What! slack in stays! Why, do you think Cheerly prefers his mistress to his duty? No, no, my lads! My country's servic. --you rewarded, --and then my love. Ah! cou'd but my dear little girl and I be lash'd alongside each other before we part I shou'd be content. Vain has engaged that I shall have her; but as he will not tell me his scheme, his conceit makes him unfit to be relied on. But hope is the string that rides a sailor's heart--So, heave a-head, my lads--One farewell at the window, and if the wind comes about a point to-morrow, we'll weigh, and then for Arethusa's glory.
Come, come along, my lads! heave ahead. Three cheers under my mistress's window, and then away.
(Sailors appear dissatisfied with Cheerly.)
What! slack in stays! Why, do you think Cheerly prefers his mistress to his duty? No, no, my lads! My country's servic. --you rewarded, --and then my love. Ah! cou'd but my dear little girl and I be lash'd alongside each other before we part I shou'd be content. Vain has engaged that I shall have her; but as he will not tell me his scheme, his conceit makes him unfit to be relied on. But hope is the string that rides a sailor's heart--So, heave a-head, my lads--One farewell at the window, and if the wind comes about a point to-morrow, we'll weigh, and then for Arethusa's glory.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Prince Hoare, Lock and Key: a Musical Entertainment, in Two Acts (London: T. N. Longman, 1796). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
01/25/2006
