"I saw in you the heroism of an ancient Roman .... your chains then dropped from your wrists, and fixed my heart."
— Heron, Robert (c.1765-1807)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and sold by A. Macpherson, and W. Mathews, and T. Wood
Date
1799
Metaphor
"I saw in you the heroism of an ancient Roman .... your chains then dropped from your wrists, and fixed my heart."
Metaphor in Context
ELVIRA
Give it any name you please .... I saw you brought in chains before Pizarro .... I saw in you the heroism of an ancient Roman .... your chains then dropped from your wrists, and fixed my heart .... I resolved to save you .... with me to resolve, is to act .... I felt, and as I felt I acted.
(IV.iv)
Give it any name you please .... I saw you brought in chains before Pizarro .... I saw in you the heroism of an ancient Roman .... your chains then dropped from your wrists, and fixed my heart .... I resolved to save you .... with me to resolve, is to act .... I felt, and as I felt I acted.
(IV.iv)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "chain" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Trans. Robert Heron, Pizarro, or the Death of Rolla; a Tragedy, in Five Acts. Translated from the German of Augustus von Kotzebue, By Richard Heron. Being the original of the tragedy now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane (London: Printed and sold by A. Macpherson, and W. Mathews, and T. Wood, 1799). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/28/2011
