"Oh, Glorious Thought! By Heav'n! I will enjoy it, / Tho' but in Fancy; Imagination shall / Make room to entertain the vast Idea."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1702
Metaphor
"Oh, Glorious Thought! By Heav'n! I will enjoy it, / Tho' but in Fancy; Imagination shall / Make room to entertain the vast Idea."
Metaphor in Context
BAJAZET.
Oh, Glorious Thought! By Heav'n! I will enjoy it,
Tho' but in Fancy; Imagination shall
Make room to entertain the vast Idea.
Oh! had I been the Master but of Yesterday,
The World, the World had felt me; and for thee,
I had us'd thee, as thou art to me,--a Dog,
The Object of my Scorn, and mortal Hatred:
I would have taught thy Neck to know my weight,
And mounted from that Footstool to my Saddle:
Then, when thy daily servile Task was done,
I would have caged thee, for the Scorn of Slaves,
Till thou hadst begg'd to die; and ev'n that Mercy
I had deny'd Thee: Now thou know'st my Mind,
And question me no farther.
(II.ii, p. 22)
Oh, Glorious Thought! By Heav'n! I will enjoy it,
Tho' but in Fancy; Imagination shall
Make room to entertain the vast Idea.
Oh! had I been the Master but of Yesterday,
The World, the World had felt me; and for thee,
I had us'd thee, as thou art to me,--a Dog,
The Object of my Scorn, and mortal Hatred:
I would have taught thy Neck to know my weight,
And mounted from that Footstool to my Saddle:
Then, when thy daily servile Task was done,
I would have caged thee, for the Scorn of Slaves,
Till thou hadst begg'd to die; and ev'n that Mercy
I had deny'd Thee: Now thou know'st my Mind,
And question me no farther.
(II.ii, p. 22)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Performed in December 1701. Over fifty entries in the ESTC (1702, 1703, 1714, 1717, 1719, 1720, 1722, 1723, 1725, 1726, 1728, 1733, 1735, 1736, 1744, 1750, 1755, 1757, 1758, 1764, 1766, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1774, 1776, 1778, 1784, 1790, 1792, 1795).
Text from Tamerlane. A Tragedy. As it is Acted At the New Theater in Little Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. By His Majesty's Servants. Written by N. Rowe (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1702). <Link to 2nd edition in Google Books>
Text from Tamerlane. A Tragedy. As it is Acted At the New Theater in Little Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. By His Majesty's Servants. Written by N. Rowe (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1702). <Link to 2nd edition in Google Books>
Date of Entry
07/17/2013
