"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)
[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>
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
