"A dread coincidence of time and act / Drew me from Reason's empire to Despair!"
— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1796, 1806
Metaphor
"A dread coincidence of time and act / Drew me from Reason's empire to Despair!"
Metaphor in Context
ALFERENZI.
Do not distract me with thy fierce reproaches;
A dread coincidence of time and act
Drew me from Reason's empire to Despair!
'Dire and disastrous as the deed may seem,
Twas to avenge thy wrongs that I am guilty;
For I believ'd that Valmont--thy assassin!
Let me entreat thee to be patient, love.
Do not distract me with thy fierce reproaches;
A dread coincidence of time and act
Drew me from Reason's empire to Despair!
'Dire and disastrous as the deed may seem,
Twas to avenge thy wrongs that I am guilty;
For I believ'd that Valmont--thy assassin!
Let me entreat thee to be patient, love.
Provenance
Searching "reason" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from The Poetical Works of the Late Mrs Mary Robinson: Including Many Pieces Never Before Published. 3 vols. (London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806). <Link to vol. I in Google Books><Vol. II><Vol. III>
[titled "The Sicilian Lover, A Dramatic Poem"]
See also The Sicilian Lover. A Tragedy. In Five Acts. By Mary Robinson, Author of Poems, Angllina, &c. &c. (London: Printed for the author, by Hookham and Carpenter, New Bond Street, 1796). <Link to ECCO>
[titled "The Sicilian Lover, A Dramatic Poem"]
See also The Sicilian Lover. A Tragedy. In Five Acts. By Mary Robinson, Author of Poems, Angllina, &c. &c. (London: Printed for the author, by Hookham and Carpenter, New Bond Street, 1796). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/16/2004
