"O! that we cou'd incorporate, be one, / One Body, as we have been long one Mind: / That blended so, we might together mix, / And losing thus our Beings to the World, / Be only found to one anothers Joys."

— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)

Author

Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)

Work Title

Oroonoko: A Tragedy

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for H. Playford, B. Tooke, and S. Buckley
Date
1696
Metaphor
"O! that we cou'd incorporate, be one, / One Body, as we have been long one Mind: / That blended so, we might together mix, / And losing thus our Beings to the World, / Be only found to one anothers Joys."
Metaphor in Context
OROONOKO.
Ever, ever, and let those stars, which are my Enemies,
Witness against me in the other World,
If I wou'd leave this Mansion of my Bliss,
To be the brightest Ruler of their Skies.
O! that we cou'd incorporate, be one,
[Embracing her]

One Body, as we have been long one Mind:
That blended so, we might together mix,
And losing thus our Beings to the World,
Be only found to one anothers Joys.
(pp. 80-1)
Categories
Body Uncategorized::Mixture
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>
Date of Entry
07/09/2013

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