"But if thy Passions lord it in thy Breast, / Art thou not still a Slave, and still opprest."
— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1693
Metaphor
"But if thy Passions lord it in thy Breast, / Art thou not still a Slave, and still opprest."
Metaphor in Context
CORNUTUS
Free, what and fetter'd with so many Chains?
Can'st thou no other Master understand·
Than him that freed thee, by the Praetor's Wand?
Shou'd he, who was thy Lord, command thee now,
With a harsh Voice, and supercilious Brow,
To servile Duties, thou wou'd'st fear no more·
The Gallows and the Whip are out of door.
But if thy Passions lord it in thy Breast,
Art thou not still a Slave, and still opprest.
(p. 67, ll. 180-8)
Free, what and fetter'd with so many Chains?
Can'st thou no other Master understand·
Than him that freed thee, by the Praetor's Wand?
Shou'd he, who was thy Lord, command thee now,
With a harsh Voice, and supercilious Brow,
To servile Duties, thou wou'd'st fear no more·
The Gallows and the Whip are out of door.
But if thy Passions lord it in thy Breast,
Art thou not still a Slave, and still opprest.
(p. 67, ll. 180-8)
Provenance
Browsing in EEBO
Citation
From The Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English By Mr. Dryden. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1693). See The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse By Mr. Dryden and Several other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1693). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
07/11/2013
