"Oh Jealousie! Thou Bane of pleasing Friendship, / Thou worst Invader of our tender Bosoms; / How does thy Rancour poison all our Softness, / And turn our gentle Natures into Bitterness."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date
1714
Metaphor
"Oh Jealousie! Thou Bane of pleasing Friendship, / Thou worst Invader of our tender Bosoms; / How does thy Rancour poison all our Softness, / And turn our gentle Natures into Bitterness."
Metaphor in Context
ALICIA.
This Paper, to the great Protector's Hand,
With Care and Secrecy must be convey'd;
His bold Ambition now avows it's Aim,
To pluck the Crown from Edward 's Infant Brow,
And fix it on his own. I know he holds
My Faithless Hastings, adverse to his Hopes,
And much devoted to the Orphan King;
On that I Build: This Paper meets his Doubts,
And marks my hated Rival as the Cause
Of Hasting's Zeal for his dead Master's Sons.
Oh Jealousie! Thou Bane of pleasing Friendship,
Thou worst Invader of our tender Bosoms;
How does thy Rancour poison all our Softness,
And turn our gentle Natures into Bitterness.
See where she comes! Once my Heart's dearest Blessing,
Now my chang'd Eyes are blasted with her Beauty;
Loath that known Face, and sicken to behold her.
(III.i, II.i, p. 26)
This Paper, to the great Protector's Hand,
With Care and Secrecy must be convey'd;
His bold Ambition now avows it's Aim,
To pluck the Crown from Edward 's Infant Brow,
And fix it on his own. I know he holds
My Faithless Hastings, adverse to his Hopes,
And much devoted to the Orphan King;
On that I Build: This Paper meets his Doubts,
And marks my hated Rival as the Cause
Of Hasting's Zeal for his dead Master's Sons.
Oh Jealousie! Thou Bane of pleasing Friendship,
Thou worst Invader of our tender Bosoms;
How does thy Rancour poison all our Softness,
And turn our gentle Natures into Bitterness.
See where she comes! Once my Heart's dearest Blessing,
Now my chang'd Eyes are blasted with her Beauty;
Loath that known Face, and sicken to behold her.
(III.i, II.i, p. 26)
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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
