"Read there the fatal Purpose of thy Foe, / A Thought which Wounds my Soul with Shame and Horror."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date
1715
Metaphor
"Read there the fatal Purpose of thy Foe, / A Thought which Wounds my Soul with Shame and Horror."
Metaphor in Context
LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY.
Forgive me, Filial Piety and Nature,
If, thus compell'd, I break your sacred Laws,
Reveal my Father's Crime, and blot with Infamy
The Hoary Head of him who gave me Being,
To save the Man whom my Soul loves, from Death.
[Giving a Paper.]
Read there the fatal Purpose of thy Foe,
A Thought which Wounds my Soul with Shame and Horror,
Somewhat that Darkness shou'd have hid for Ever,
But that thy Life--Say, hast thou seen that Character?
(IV.i, pp. 43-4)
Forgive me, Filial Piety and Nature,
If, thus compell'd, I break your sacred Laws,
Reveal my Father's Crime, and blot with Infamy
The Hoary Head of him who gave me Being,
To save the Man whom my Soul loves, from Death.
[Giving a Paper.]
Read there the fatal Purpose of thy Foe,
A Thought which Wounds my Soul with Shame and Horror,
Somewhat that Darkness shou'd have hid for Ever,
But that thy Life--Say, hast thou seen that Character?
(IV.i, pp. 43-4)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
First performed April 20, 1715. 33 entries in the ESTC (1715, 1717, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1727, 1730, 1733, 1735, 1736, 1740, 1744, 1748, 1750, 1754, 1755, 1761, 1764, 1771, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1782, 1791)
See The Tragedy Of The Lady Jane Gray. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By N. Rowe (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1715). <Link to ECCO>
See The Tragedy Of The Lady Jane Gray. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By N. Rowe (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1715). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/21/2013
