"Then fly from Shape to Shape, / Yet hope not to escape, / My Chains enclose your Heart."

— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley, W. Johnston, and J. Walter
Date
December 6, 1765
Metaphor
"Then fly from Shape to Shape, / Yet hope not to escape, / My Chains enclose your Heart."
Metaphor in Context
AIR XXVI.
[Hasse]
Away, dissembling Lover!
Your Project I discover,
And see thro' all your Art:
Then fly from Shape to Shape,
Yet hope not to escape,
My Chains enclose your Heart
.
(II.ix)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "chain" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
First performed December 6, 1765. At least 5 entries in the ESTC (1765, 1766, 1771)

Richard Cumberland, The Summer's Tale. A musical comedy of three acts. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, W. Johnston, and J. Walter, 1765). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/28/2011

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.