"But tho' my Mouth be dumb, my Heart shall thank you; / And when it melts before the Throne of Mercy, / Mourning, and bleeding, for my past Offences, / My fervent Soul shall breath one Prayer for you."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date
1714
Metaphor
"But tho' my Mouth be dumb, my Heart shall thank you; / And when it melts before the Throne of Mercy, / Mourning, and bleeding, for my past Offences, / My fervent Soul shall breath one Prayer for you."
Metaphor in Context
JANE SHORE.
'Tis true, your Bounty is beyond my Speaking;
But tho' my Mouth be dumb, my Heart shall thank you;
And when it melts before the Throne of Mercy,
Mourning, and bleeding, for my past Offences,
My fervent Soul shall breath one Prayer for you,
If Prayers of such a Wretch are heard on high,
That Heav'n will pay you back, when most you need,
The Grace and Goodness you have shewn to me.
(II.i, p. 19)
'Tis true, your Bounty is beyond my Speaking;
But tho' my Mouth be dumb, my Heart shall thank you;
And when it melts before the Throne of Mercy,
Mourning, and bleeding, for my past Offences,
My fervent Soul shall breath one Prayer for you,
If Prayers of such a Wretch are heard on high,
That Heav'n will pay you back, when most you need,
The Grace and Goodness you have shewn to me.
(II.i, p. 19)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Over seventy entries in the ESTC (1714, 1719, 1720, 1723, 1726, 1728, 1731, 1733, 1735, 1736, 1740, 1746, 1748, 1751, 1752, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1770, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1780, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1790, 1791).
See The Tragedy of Jane Shore. Written in Imitation of Shakespear's Style. By N. Rowe (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1714).
See The Tragedy of Jane Shore. Written in Imitation of Shakespear's Style. By N. Rowe (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1714).
Date of Entry
07/20/2013
