"Here I reign / In full delights, in Joys to Pow'r unknown; / Your Love my Empire, and your Heart my Throne."
— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for H. Playford, B. Tooke, and S. Buckley
Date
1696
Metaphor
"Here I reign / In full delights, in Joys to Pow'r unknown; / Your Love my Empire, and your Heart my Throne."
Metaphor in Context
OROONOKO.
Let the Fools, who follow Fortune, live upon her smiles.
All our Prosperity is plac'd in Love.
We have enough of that to make us happy.
This little spot of Earth you stand upon,
Is more to me, than the extended Plains
Of my great Father's Kingdom. Here I reign
In full delights, in Joys to Pow'r unknown;
Your Love my Empire, and your Heart my Throne.
(p. 34)
Let the Fools, who follow Fortune, live upon her smiles.
All our Prosperity is plac'd in Love.
We have enough of that to make us happy.
This little spot of Earth you stand upon,
Is more to me, than the extended Plains
Of my great Father's Kingdom. Here I reign
In full delights, in Joys to Pow'r unknown;
Your Love my Empire, and your Heart my Throne.
(p. 34)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
46 entries in ESTC (1696, 1699, 1712, 1720, 1722, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1735, 1736, 1739, 1740, 1744, 1747, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1753, 1754, 1757, 1759, 1760, 1763, 1765, 1768, 1770, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1785, 1790, 1791, 1795).
See Oroonoko: A Tragedy As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal By His Majesty's Servants. Written by Tho. Southerne (London: Printed for H. Playford, B. Tooke, and S. Buckley, 1696). <Link to ESTC>
See Oroonoko: A Tragedy As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal By His Majesty's Servants. Written by Tho. Southerne (London: Printed for H. Playford, B. Tooke, and S. Buckley, 1696). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/09/2013
