"This foolish Woman hangs about my Heart, / Lingers, and wanders in my Fancy still."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date
1714
Metaphor
"This foolish Woman hangs about my Heart, / Lingers, and wanders in my Fancy still."
Metaphor in Context
LORD HASTINGS
This foolish Woman hangs about my Heart,
Lingers, and wanders in my Fancy still;
This Coyness is put on, 'tis Art and Cunning,
And worn to urge Desire,--I must possess her;
The Groom, who lift his sawcy Hand against me,
E'er this, is humbled, and repents his daring.
Perhaps, ev'n she may profit by th'Example,
And teach her Beauty not to scorn my Pow'r.
(III.i, pp. 29-30)
This foolish Woman hangs about my Heart,
Lingers, and wanders in my Fancy still;
This Coyness is put on, 'tis Art and Cunning,
And worn to urge Desire,--I must possess her;
The Groom, who lift his sawcy Hand against me,
E'er this, is humbled, and repents his daring.
Perhaps, ev'n she may profit by th'Example,
And teach her Beauty not to scorn my Pow'r.
(III.i, pp. 29-30)
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
