"At his arrival here I'll visit him; / Whence this Advantage may at least be made, / To ford his shallow Soul."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Wellington and Thomas Osborne
Date
1700, 1702
Metaphor
"At his arrival here I'll visit him; / Whence this Advantage may at least be made, / To ford his shallow Soul."
Metaphor in Context
MAGAS.
What you've said,
Has wak'd a Thought in me which may be lucky;
E're he was banisht for your Brother's Murder,
There was a Friendship 'twixt us; and tho' then
I left his barren Soil, to root my self
More safely, under your auspicious Shade,
Yet still pretending Tyes of ancient Love,
At his arrival here I'll visit him;
Whence this Advantage may at least be made,
To ford his shallow Soul.
(I.i, p. 5)
What you've said,
Has wak'd a Thought in me which may be lucky;
E're he was banisht for your Brother's Murder,
There was a Friendship 'twixt us; and tho' then
I left his barren Soil, to root my self
More safely, under your auspicious Shade,
Yet still pretending Tyes of ancient Love,
At his arrival here I'll visit him;
Whence this Advantage may at least be made,
To ford his shallow Soul.
(I.i, p. 5)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
First performed December, 1700. Twenty-three entries in ESTC (1701, 1702, 1714, 1715, 1720, 1726, 1727, 1728, 1733, 1735, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1777, 1781, 1790, 1792, 1795).
The second edition includes "the addition of a new scene." The Ambitious Step-Mother. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields. By Her Majesties Servants. Written by N. Rowe, 2nd edition (London: Printed for R. Wellington and Thomas Osborne, 1702). <Link to ECCO>
The second edition includes "the addition of a new scene." The Ambitious Step-Mother. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields. By Her Majesties Servants. Written by N. Rowe, 2nd edition (London: Printed for R. Wellington and Thomas Osborne, 1702). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/22/2013
