"Do, mother, put your hand upon my heart, it springs like a bird in my breast with joy."
— Pilon, Frederick (1750-1788)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Almon
Date
March 29, 1785; 1793
Metaphor
"Do, mother, put your hand upon my heart, it springs like a bird in my breast with joy."
Metaphor in Context
MARY.
Dear heart! I am so fine, I hardly know myself.
[Surveying herself all round.]
Do, mother, put your hand upon my heart, it springs like a bird in my breast with joy. Lud! lud! what a power of handsome men are here at court;--then they are all so well dressed, and grin so pretty to shew their white teeth, and smell so sweet!
(II.2)
Dear heart! I am so fine, I hardly know myself.
[Surveying herself all round.]
Do, mother, put your hand upon my heart, it springs like a bird in my breast with joy. Lud! lud! what a power of handsome men are here at court;--then they are all so well dressed, and grin so pretty to shew their white teeth, and smell so sweet!
(II.2)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "bird" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Text from Frederick Pilon, Barataria: or, Sancho Turn'd Governor, a Farce, in Two Acts, new edition (London: J. Almon, 1793). <Link to ECCO,>
See also Barataria: or, Sancho Turn'd Governor, a Farce, in Two Acts (London: J. Almon, 1785). <Link to ECCO>
See also Barataria: or, Sancho Turn'd Governor, a Farce, in Two Acts (London: J. Almon, 1785). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/29/2012
