"Oh! thou hast touch'd me with the sacred Theme, / And my cold Heart is kindled at thy Flame; / An active Hope grows busie in my Breast, / And something tells me we shall both be blest."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
November 25, 1707; 1708
Metaphor
"Oh! thou hast touch'd me with the sacred Theme, / And my cold Heart is kindled at thy Flame; / An active Hope grows busie in my Breast, / And something tells me we shall both be blest."
Metaphor in Context
ARIBERT.
Oh! thou hast touch'd me with the sacred Theme,
And my cold Heart is kindled at thy Flame;
An active Hope grows busie in my Breast,
And something tells me we shall both be blest.
Like thine, my Eyes the Starry Thrones pursue,
And Heav'n disclos'd stands open to my View;
And see the Guardian Angels of the Good,
Reclining soft on many a Golden Cloud,
To Earth they seem their gentle Heads to bow,
And pity what we suffer here below:
But oh! to thee, thee most they seem to turn,
Joy in thy Joys, and for thy Sorrows mourn:
Thee, oh my Love, their common Care they make.
Me to their kind Protection too they take,
And save me for my Ethelinda's sake.
(II.i, p. 21)
Oh! thou hast touch'd me with the sacred Theme,
And my cold Heart is kindled at thy Flame;
An active Hope grows busie in my Breast,
And something tells me we shall both be blest.
Like thine, my Eyes the Starry Thrones pursue,
And Heav'n disclos'd stands open to my View;
And see the Guardian Angels of the Good,
Reclining soft on many a Golden Cloud,
To Earth they seem their gentle Heads to bow,
And pity what we suffer here below:
But oh! to thee, thee most they seem to turn,
Joy in thy Joys, and for thy Sorrows mourn:
Thee, oh my Love, their common Care they make.
Me to their kind Protection too they take,
And save me for my Ethelinda's sake.
(II.i, p. 21)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
First performed November 25, 1707. Thirty-three entries in ESTC (1708, 1714, 1719, 1720, 1725, 1726, 1728, 1733, 1736, 1757, 1764, 1765, 1768, 1774, 1776, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1791, 1794, 1795).
The Royal Convert. 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, 1708). <Link to ECCO>
The Royal Convert. 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, 1708). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/25/2013
