"The boiling Passion that disturbs thy Soul, / Spreads Clouds around, and make thy purpose dark."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1702
Metaphor
"The boiling Passion that disturbs thy Soul, / Spreads Clouds around, and make thy purpose dark."
Metaphor in Context
TAMERLANE.
The boiling Passion that disturbs thy Soul,
Spreads Clouds around, and make thy purpose dark.--
Unriddle what thy mystick Fury aims at.
(IV.i, p. 50)
The boiling Passion that disturbs thy Soul,
Spreads Clouds around, and make thy purpose dark.--
Unriddle what thy mystick Fury aims at.
(IV.i, p. 50)
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
