"I'll keep my Soul free, as the Bird that flies i'th' Air, / And ne'er Love one, till I of all the rest despair."

— Ravenscroft, Edward (c.1650- c.1700)

Author

Ravenscroft, Edward (c.1650- c.1700)

Work Title

The Canterbury Guests; or, a Bargain Broken. a Comedy. Acted at the Theatre-Royal.

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Daniel Brown and John Waltboe
Date
1695
Metaphor
"I'll keep my Soul free, as the Bird that flies i'th' Air, / And ne'er Love one, till I of all the rest despair."
Metaphor in Context
CARL.
We'll have Musick, Wine, and Women, to divert you: yet in spight of all the Sex,

I'll keep my Soul free, as the Bird that flies i'th' Air,
And ne'er Love one, till I of all the rest despair.
(I.viii)
Categories
Animals::Bird
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "bird" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
first performed: September, 1694?
Date of Entry
06/29/2012

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.