"Oh my Dear Saint, didst thou but know the secret Flames within my Breast do glow, you would not be so cruel, so hard hearted."
— Anonymous; George Powell (1658-1714), Publisher
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for D. Brown and T. Bennet and T. Gateby
Date
1696
Metaphor
"Oh my Dear Saint, didst thou but know the secret Flames within my Breast do glow, you would not be so cruel, so hard hearted."
Metaphor in Context
BUSY
True, Madam! Is it the Sun that Rules the Day? The Moon and Stars that Guide the Night? 'Tis easier to make the high Alps Navigable, or stop the raging motions of the Winds or Seas, than to divert or rather quench my Love.---Oh my Dear Saint, didst thou but know the secret Flames within my Breast do glow, you would not be so cruel, so hard hearted.--She trembles.
(IV.ii, pp. 33-4)
True, Madam! Is it the Sun that Rules the Day? The Moon and Stars that Guide the Night? 'Tis easier to make the high Alps Navigable, or stop the raging motions of the Winds or Seas, than to divert or rather quench my Love.---Oh my Dear Saint, didst thou but know the secret Flames within my Breast do glow, you would not be so cruel, so hard hearted.--She trembles.
(IV.ii, pp. 33-4)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in C-H Lion
Citation
The Cornish Comedy, As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Dorset-Garden, by His Majesty's Servants. (London: Printed for D. Brown and T. Bennet and T. Gateby, 1696). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
06/18/2013
