"Behold that! that!--more dreadful than Medusa, / It drives my Soul back to her inmost Seats, / And freezes every stiff'ning Limb to Marble."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1706
Metaphor
"Behold that! that!--more dreadful than Medusa, / It drives my Soul back to her inmost Seats, / And freezes every stiff'ning Limb to Marble."
Metaphor in Context
SEMANTHE.
Love!--Did'st thou speak of Love?--Oh ill-tim'd Thought!
Behold it there! behold the Love thou bear'st me;
[Pointing to the Body of Eurymachus.]
Behold that! that!--more dreadful than Medusa,
It drives my Soul back to her inmost Seats,
And freezes every stiff'ning Limb to Marble.
Seest thou that gaping Wound, and that black Blood
Congealing on that pale, that ashy Breast;
Then mark the Face--how Pain and Rage, with all
The Agonies of Death sit fresh upon it:
This was my Father--Was there none on Earth,
No Hand but thine?--
(V.i, p. 50)
Love!--Did'st thou speak of Love?--Oh ill-tim'd Thought!
Behold it there! behold the Love thou bear'st me;
[Pointing to the Body of Eurymachus.]
Behold that! that!--more dreadful than Medusa,
It drives my Soul back to her inmost Seats,
And freezes every stiff'ning Limb to Marble.
Seest thou that gaping Wound, and that black Blood
Congealing on that pale, that ashy Breast;
Then mark the Face--how Pain and Rage, with all
The Agonies of Death sit fresh upon it:
This was my Father--Was there none on Earth,
No Hand but thine?--
(V.i, p. 50)
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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
