"I am gone--oh my Transported Soul,... That like a Bird fain to its nest wou'd fly, / But finds all Plunder'd where it us'd to lye."
— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Peter Buck
Date
May 1701
Metaphor
"I am gone--oh my Transported Soul,... That like a Bird fain to its nest wou'd fly, / But finds all Plunder'd where it us'd to lye."
Metaphor in Context
TRANSPORT.
Never was Lanthorn bearer so well paid: I'll coyn my self, as Jove did once to Gold, and she shall have the showerings of my Bounty--One sweet farewel, an earnest of my joy then, and I am gone--oh my Transported Soul,
That like a Bird fain to its nest wou'd fly,
But finds all Plunder'd where it us'd to lye.
(II.i)
Never was Lanthorn bearer so well paid: I'll coyn my self, as Jove did once to Gold, and she shall have the showerings of my Bounty--One sweet farewel, an earnest of my joy then, and I am gone--oh my Transported Soul,
That like a Bird fain to its nest wou'd fly,
But finds all Plunder'd where it us'd to lye.
(II.i)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "bird" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
Thomas D'Urfey, The Bath, or, the Western Lass. A Comedy, As It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants (London: Printed for Peter Buck, 1701). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/29/2012
