"I cou'd resolve it soon, / Were this curst Being only in Debate. / But my Imoinda struggles in my Soul."
— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for H. Playford, B. Tooke, and S. Buckley
Date
1696
Metaphor
"I cou'd resolve it soon, / Were this curst Being only in Debate. / But my Imoinda struggles in my Soul."
Metaphor in Context
OROONOKO.
Imoinda! Oh!
'Tis She that holds me on this Argument
Of tedious Life: I cou'd resolve it soon,
Were this curst Being only in Debate.
But my Imoinda struggles in my Soul:
She makes a Coward of me: I Confess
I am afraid to part with Her in Death:
And more afraid of Life to lose Her here.
(pp. 61-2)
Imoinda! Oh!
'Tis She that holds me on this Argument
Of tedious Life: I cou'd resolve it soon,
Were this curst Being only in Debate.
But my Imoinda struggles in my Soul:
She makes a Coward of me: I Confess
I am afraid to part with Her in Death:
And more afraid of Life to lose Her here.
(pp. 61-2)
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
