"Lost in Labyrinths of Love, / My Breast with hoarded Vengeance burns, / While Fear and Rage / With Hope engage, / And rule my wav'ring Soul by turns."

— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)

Author

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)

Work Title

Rosamond. An Opera.

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Jacob Tonson
Date
1707
Metaphor
"Lost in Labyrinths of Love, / My Breast with hoarded Vengeance burns, / While Fear and Rage / With Hope engage, / And rule my wav'ring Soul by turns."
Metaphor in Context
Queen. In such an endless Maze I rove,
Lost in Labyrinths of Love,
My Breast with hoarded Vengeance burns,
While Fear and Rage
With Hope engage,
And rule my wav'ring Soul by turns.
(I.i, p. 3)
Categories
Fire::Burning War Government::Rule and Subjection Container::Hoard
Provenance
Searching in Google Books
Citation
At least 11 entries in ESTC (1725, 1740, 1743, 1746, 1750, 1751, 1758, 1765, 1767).

See Joseph Addison, Rosamond. An Opera. Humbly Inscrib'd to Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1707). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/12/2013

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