"I cannot speak the rest--the Thought is Hell-- / How my Brain glows! now Reason keep thy Seat."
— Jeffreys, George (1678-1755)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed, and Sold by T. Woodward, J.Walthoe, J.Peele, and T.Wood
Date
1724
Metaphor
"I cannot speak the rest--the Thought is Hell-- / How my Brain glows! now Reason keep thy Seat."
Metaphor in Context
EDWIN.
Deliver it
To Adeliza. You are Mistress there
[Exit Gomel]
Of Life or Death to Leolin: I claim
That Paper from your Hands, if he rejects
The Terms demanded in his Name by You:
If he complies, he has his Life; and--Oh!
I cannot speak the rest--the Thought is Hell--
How my Brain glows! now Reason keep thy Seat.
I cool again--no Thanks; but haste away,
E're I recal my Grant. Ay, haste, run, fly;
[Exeunt Matilda and Adeliza]
For 'tis to Leolin ; Despair! and Death!
And Furies! 'tis to Leolin from me.
[Exit]
(III.i, pp. 40-1)
Deliver it
To Adeliza. You are Mistress there
[Exit Gomel]
Of Life or Death to Leolin: I claim
That Paper from your Hands, if he rejects
The Terms demanded in his Name by You:
If he complies, he has his Life; and--Oh!
I cannot speak the rest--the Thought is Hell--
How my Brain glows! now Reason keep thy Seat.
I cool again--no Thanks; but haste away,
E're I recal my Grant. Ay, haste, run, fly;
[Exeunt Matilda and Adeliza]
For 'tis to Leolin ; Despair! and Death!
And Furies! 'tis to Leolin from me.
[Exit]
(III.i, pp. 40-1)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1724).
Edwin: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. By Geo. Jeffreys. (London: Printed, and Sold by T. Woodward, J.Walthoe, J.Peele, and T.Wood, 1724). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Edwin: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. By Geo. Jeffreys. (London: Printed, and Sold by T. Woodward, J.Walthoe, J.Peele, and T.Wood, 1724). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/29/2013
