"Nought now has Charms or Terrors to my Breast, / The Seat of stupid Woe!"
— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1745
Metaphor
"Nought now has Charms or Terrors to my Breast, / The Seat of stupid Woe!"
Metaphor in Context
SIGISMUNDA.
Ah! the black Rage
Of midnight Tempest, or th' assuring Smiles
Of radiant Morn are equal all to me.
Nought now has Charms or Terrors to my Breast,
The Seat of stupid Woe!--Leave me, my Laura.
Kind Rest, perhaps, may hush my Woes a little--
Oh for that quiet Sleep that knows no Morning!
(V.iv)
Ah! the black Rage
Of midnight Tempest, or th' assuring Smiles
Of radiant Morn are equal all to me.
Nought now has Charms or Terrors to my Breast,
The Seat of stupid Woe!--Leave me, my Laura.
Kind Rest, perhaps, may hush my Woes a little--
Oh for that quiet Sleep that knows no Morning!
(V.iv)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
At least 29 entries in ESTC (1745, 1748, 1749, 1752, 1755, 1758, 1759, 1761, 1764, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1770, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1784, 1787, 1790, 1792). [Robert Hume lists among the "few considerable new plays mounted" between 1737 and 1760.]
See Tancred and Sigismunda. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal In Drury-Lane, By His Majesty's Servants. By James Thomson (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1745). <Link to ECCO>
See Tancred and Sigismunda. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal In Drury-Lane, By His Majesty's Servants. By James Thomson (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1745). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/28/2013
