"Then Memnon (at an Hour when few are Villains / The sprightly Juice infusing gentler Thoughts, / And kindling Love ev'n in the coldest Breasts,) / Unequal to him in the Face of War, / Stole on Celander with a Cowards Malice, / And struck him to the Heart."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Wellington and Thomas Osborne
Date
1700, 1702
Metaphor
"Then Memnon (at an Hour when few are Villains / The sprightly Juice infusing gentler Thoughts, / And kindling Love ev'n in the coldest Breasts,) / Unequal to him in the Face of War, / Stole on Celander with a Cowards Malice, / And struck him to the Heart."
Metaphor in Context
ARTEMISA.
Amazing Boldness!
And dare'st thou call that Act a Souldiers Justice?
Didst thou not meet him with dissembled Friendship,
Hiding the Rancour of thy Heart in Smiles;
When he (whose open unsuspecting Nature
Thought thee a Souldier honest as himself)
Came to the Banquet as secure of Peace,
By mutual Vows renew'd; and in the Revel
Of that luxurious Day, forgetting Hate.
And every Cause of ancient Animosity,
Devoted all his Thoughts to mirth and friendship;
Then Memnon (at an Hour when few are Villains
The sprightly Juice infusing gentler Thoughts,
And kindling Love ev'n in the coldest Breasts,)
Unequal to him in the Face of War,
Stole on Celander with a Cowards Malice,
And struck him to the Heart.
(II.ii, p. 19)
Amazing Boldness!
And dare'st thou call that Act a Souldiers Justice?
Didst thou not meet him with dissembled Friendship,
Hiding the Rancour of thy Heart in Smiles;
When he (whose open unsuspecting Nature
Thought thee a Souldier honest as himself)
Came to the Banquet as secure of Peace,
By mutual Vows renew'd; and in the Revel
Of that luxurious Day, forgetting Hate.
And every Cause of ancient Animosity,
Devoted all his Thoughts to mirth and friendship;
Then Memnon (at an Hour when few are Villains
The sprightly Juice infusing gentler Thoughts,
And kindling Love ev'n in the coldest Breasts,)
Unequal to him in the Face of War,
Stole on Celander with a Cowards Malice,
And struck him to the Heart.
(II.ii, p. 19)
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
