"'tis for this / My Soul takes Fire within, and vainly urges / My cold enervate Hand t'assert thy Cause."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1706
Metaphor
"'tis for this / My Soul takes Fire within, and vainly urges / My cold enervate Hand t'assert thy Cause."
Metaphor in Context
ÆTHON [ULYSSES].
For me it matters not;
Wrong is the Portion still of feeble Age,
My toilsom Length of Days full oft has taught me
What 'tis to struggle with the Proud and Powerful;
But 'tis for thy unhappy Fate, fair Queen,
'Tis to behold thy Beauty and thy Virtue,
Transcendent both, worthy the Gods who gave 'em,
And worthy of their Care, to see 'em left,
Abandon'd and forsaken to rude Outrage,
And made a Prize for Drunkards; 'tis for this
My Soul takes Fire within, and vainly urges
My cold enervate Hand t'assert thy Cause.
(I.i, p. 10)
For me it matters not;
Wrong is the Portion still of feeble Age,
My toilsom Length of Days full oft has taught me
What 'tis to struggle with the Proud and Powerful;
But 'tis for thy unhappy Fate, fair Queen,
'Tis to behold thy Beauty and thy Virtue,
Transcendent both, worthy the Gods who gave 'em,
And worthy of their Care, to see 'em left,
Abandon'd and forsaken to rude Outrage,
And made a Prize for Drunkards; 'tis for this
My Soul takes Fire within, and vainly urges
My cold enervate Hand t'assert thy Cause.
(I.i, p. 10)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
Eighteen entries in the ESTC (1706, 1714, 1719, 1720, 1726, 1728, 1733, 1735, 1736, 1750, 1764, 1778, 1791).
See Ulysses: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market. By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants. Written by N. Rowe (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1706). <Link to ECCO>
See Ulysses: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market. By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants. Written by N. Rowe (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1706). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/23/2013
