"They have their reward; it was born with them: a free, a noble heart, which no chains can confine, which amid all the horrors of imprisonment is still free."
— Lawrence, Rose (fl. 1799)
Author
Place of Publication
Liverpool
Publisher
Printed by J. M'Creery
Date
1799
Metaphor
"They have their reward; it was born with them: a free, a noble heart, which no chains can confine, which amid all the horrors of imprisonment is still free."
Metaphor in Context
ELIZABETH
Dearest husband! do not dispute the Eternal's will. They have their reward; it was born with them: a free, a noble heart, which no chains can confine, which amid all the horrors of imprisonment is still free. I do beseech thee, Gortz, behave with deference to the deputed counsellors. The Emperor's power transmitted to their persons, the large golden chains which they wear as the badge of their authority.--
Dearest husband! do not dispute the Eternal's will. They have their reward; it was born with them: a free, a noble heart, which no chains can confine, which amid all the horrors of imprisonment is still free. I do beseech thee, Gortz, behave with deference to the deputed counsellors. The Emperor's power transmitted to their persons, the large golden chains which they wear as the badge of their authority.--
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "chain" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Trans. Rose Lawrence, Gortz of Berlingen, with The Iron Hand. An Historical Drama, Of the Fifteenth Century. Translated from German of Goethe (Liverpool: printed by J. M'creery: sold by Cadell and Davies, Strand; Evans, (successor to Edwards) Pall-Mall; G.G. and J. Robinson, and T. Hurst, Pater-Noster-Row; and Vernor and Hood, Poultry, London, 1799). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/29/2011
