"Thou hast resolv'd his Fate, I read thy Soul, / This ten long Months I've study'd thy dark Breast / And know the Want of Vertue in thy Frame, / Which must subject thee to the Mind, that knows thee."

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Barber
Date
1717
Metaphor
"Thou hast resolv'd his Fate, I read thy Soul, / This ten long Months I've study'd thy dark Breast / And know the Want of Vertue in thy Frame, / Which must subject thee to the Mind, that knows thee."
Metaphor in Context
EMMELIN.
Thou hast resolv'd his Fate, I read thy Soul,
This ten long Months I've study'd thy dark Breast
And know the Want of Vertue in thy Frame,
Which must subject thee to the Mind, that knows thee
:
Wherefore, I left my Modesty a-while,
Reveal'd my virgin Love to guard its Object.
Honorius comes; with him the British King:
Protect my Lucius from his Father's Rage,
Or by our Nation's Gods, thy Queen shall know,
'Twas thy ill-fated Arm, which slew Otharius.
(I.i, p. 5)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1717, 1720).

See Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's Servants. By Mrs. Manley (London: Printed for John Barber, 1717).
Date of Entry
06/29/2013

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