"My Breast, my inward Soul is glowing hot, / It burns, it rages with devouring Fires."
— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Barber
Date
1717
Metaphor
"My Breast, my inward Soul is glowing hot, / It burns, it rages with devouring Fires."
Metaphor in Context
ARMINIUS.
Oh Jealousy! thou Torment of the Mind,
How, in a Moment, art thou enter'd here?
My Breast, my inward Soul is glowing hot,
It burns, it rages with devouring Fires.
(III.i, p. 20)
Oh Jealousy! thou Torment of the Mind,
How, in a Moment, art thou enter'd here?
My Breast, my inward Soul is glowing hot,
It burns, it rages with devouring Fires.
(III.i, p. 20)
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).
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
