"Love, Sorrow, and the Sting of vile Reproach, / Succeeding one another in their Course, / Like Drops of Eating Water on the Marble, / At length have worn my boasted Courage down."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1702
Metaphor
"Love, Sorrow, and the Sting of vile Reproach, / Succeeding one another in their Course, / Like Drops of Eating Water on the Marble, / At length have worn my boasted Courage down."
Metaphor in Context
ARPASIA.
A little longer yet, be strong, my Heart,
A little longer let the busy Spirits
Keep on their chearful round.--It won'ot be:
Love, Sorrow, and the Sting of vile Reproach,
Succeeding one another in their Course,
Like Drops of Eating Water on the Marble,
At length have worn my boasted Courage down.
I will indulge the Woman in my Soul,
And give a loose to Tears, and to Impatience;
Death is at last my due, and I will have it.--
And see, the poor Moneses comes to take
One sad Adieu, and then we part for ever.
(IV.i, p. 54)
A little longer yet, be strong, my Heart,
A little longer let the busy Spirits
Keep on their chearful round.--It won'ot be:
Love, Sorrow, and the Sting of vile Reproach,
Succeeding one another in their Course,
Like Drops of Eating Water on the Marble,
At length have worn my boasted Courage down.
I will indulge the Woman in my Soul,
And give a loose to Tears, and to Impatience;
Death is at last my due, and I will have it.--
And see, the poor Moneses comes to take
One sad Adieu, and then we part for ever.
(IV.i, p. 54)
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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
