"This cold clay cottage is but the soul's prison, / And death, at worst, is but a surly friend, / Who conquers to give liberty."
— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Printed for Samuel Chapman
Publisher
London
Date
1724
Metaphor
"This cold clay cottage is but the soul's prison, / And death, at worst, is but a surly friend, / Who conquers to give liberty."
Metaphor in Context
OVERBURY.
I know not why, but I am shock'd of late!
My dreams are dreadful--Be it as it may;
While virtue arms me, what have I to fear?
This cold clay cottage is but the soul's prison,
And death, at worst, is but a surly friend,
Who conquers to give liberty.
(V.i, p. 176)
I know not why, but I am shock'd of late!
My dreams are dreadful--Be it as it may;
While virtue arms me, what have I to fear?
This cold clay cottage is but the soul's prison,
And death, at worst, is but a surly friend,
Who conquers to give liberty.
(V.i, p. 176)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1724, 1777, 1779).
See The Tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for Samuel Chapman, 1724). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Searching The Works of Richard Savage(London: Printed for T. Evans, 1777), from which the text is drawn.
See The Tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for Samuel Chapman, 1724). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Searching The Works of Richard Savage(London: Printed for T. Evans, 1777), from which the text is drawn.
Date of Entry
08/16/2013
