"My Heart flutters within me for Fear of him, like a Bird that's hunted in a Cage."
— Bellamy, Daniel, the Elder (b. 1687)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Hodges
Date
1739
Metaphor
"My Heart flutters within me for Fear of him, like a Bird that's hunted in a Cage."
Metaphor in Context
DON ANTONIO
I have quite lost Scent of her.--Where has the little Charmer of my Heart conceal'd herself? Odd! 'tis well if that Rogue Carlos hasn't been here, and carry'd her off the Premises.--My Heart flutters within me for Fear of him, like a Bird that's hunted in a Cage.--Ye Gods, and Goddesses, ye murm'ring Streams, ye shady Groves, Brooks, Woods, and Floods, pity poor Tony! I have travers'd the House from Top to Bottom. If she is'nt in this Closet, I'll leave off my fruitless Search.--Perhaps she may be at Prayers: But that's not very likely neither. However, I'll take one Peep to gratify my Curiosity.--
(Takes out his Spectacles and peeps at the Closet-Door)
Odd! there she is, like a good Christian, confessing her Sins to her old, ghostly Father.--How I flame with Love and Religion both at once! Odd! they are very earnest at their Devotions.--'Tis well if the Flesh does not get the better of the Spirit.--She has Charms enough to raise Vigour in a Priest as old as Nestor. I'll peep once again.--Bless us! the Devil has got the upper Hand, as I imagin'd.--Body of me, they kiss, and cling, and Prayer is turn'd to Rapture.--T'other Peep, and then.--Oh! Death and Damnation!--'Tis young Carlos, the strong-back'd, young Dog Carlos, in Masquerade. --Odd! I'll blow the Dog up.--I'll teach him to take the Habit before he's enter'd into Orders, with a Pox to him.--I'll ingratiate myself, however, by this Discovery, in Don Manuel's Favour, and get this Rival of mine lock'd up forever and ever.--Odd! I dar'nt trust 'em tho' any longer together.--I'll knock, I'm resolv'd, and spoil their Sport however.
(I.i)
I have quite lost Scent of her.--Where has the little Charmer of my Heart conceal'd herself? Odd! 'tis well if that Rogue Carlos hasn't been here, and carry'd her off the Premises.--My Heart flutters within me for Fear of him, like a Bird that's hunted in a Cage.--Ye Gods, and Goddesses, ye murm'ring Streams, ye shady Groves, Brooks, Woods, and Floods, pity poor Tony! I have travers'd the House from Top to Bottom. If she is'nt in this Closet, I'll leave off my fruitless Search.--Perhaps she may be at Prayers: But that's not very likely neither. However, I'll take one Peep to gratify my Curiosity.--
(Takes out his Spectacles and peeps at the Closet-Door)
Odd! there she is, like a good Christian, confessing her Sins to her old, ghostly Father.--How I flame with Love and Religion both at once! Odd! they are very earnest at their Devotions.--'Tis well if the Flesh does not get the better of the Spirit.--She has Charms enough to raise Vigour in a Priest as old as Nestor. I'll peep once again.--Bless us! the Devil has got the upper Hand, as I imagin'd.--Body of me, they kiss, and cling, and Prayer is turn'd to Rapture.--T'other Peep, and then.--Oh! Death and Damnation!--'Tis young Carlos, the strong-back'd, young Dog Carlos, in Masquerade. --Odd! I'll blow the Dog up.--I'll teach him to take the Habit before he's enter'd into Orders, with a Pox to him.--I'll ingratiate myself, however, by this Discovery, in Don Manuel's Favour, and get this Rival of mine lock'd up forever and ever.--Odd! I dar'nt trust 'em tho' any longer together.--I'll knock, I'm resolv'd, and spoil their Sport however.
(I.i)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "bird" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Text from Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, Consisting of Dramatick Pieces, Poems, Humorous Tales, Fables, &c., 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Hodges, 1739-40). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/27/2012
