"The pleasing Pain, / The gentle Chain, / That constant Hearts unite, / Such Joy bestows, / That Freedom knows / No such sincere Delight."
— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Watts
Date
November 10, 1730
Metaphor
"The pleasing Pain, / The gentle Chain, / That constant Hearts unite, / Such Joy bestows, / That Freedom knows / No such sincere Delight."
Metaphor in Context
AIR XL.
Draw, Cupid, draw.
Reign, Silvia, Reign;
The Rebel quits his Arms:
Your Power's compleat,
And I submit
To your Victorious Charms.
The pleasing Pain,
The gentle Chain,
That constant Hearts unite,
Such Joy bestows,
That Freedom knows
No such sincere Delight.
(II.xv)
Draw, Cupid, draw.
Reign, Silvia, Reign;
The Rebel quits his Arms:
Your Power's compleat,
And I submit
To your Victorious Charms.
The pleasing Pain,
The gentle Chain,
That constant Hearts unite,
Such Joy bestows,
That Freedom knows
No such sincere Delight.
(II.xv)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "chain" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
7 entries in the ESTC (1730, 1731, 1775).
See George Lillo, Silvia; or, the Country Burial. An Opera. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields (London: Printed for J. Watts, 1731). <Link to ECCO><Link to ECCO-TCP><Link to Google Books>
See George Lillo, Silvia; or, the Country Burial. An Opera. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields (London: Printed for J. Watts, 1731). <Link to ECCO><Link to ECCO-TCP><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
07/28/2011
