"Must I despair then? Do not shake me thus: / My Tempest-beaten Heart is cold to Death."
— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Chetwood and S. Chapman
Date
April 18, 1721
Metaphor
"Must I despair then? Do not shake me thus: / My Tempest-beaten Heart is cold to Death."
Metaphor in Context
DON CARLOS
Must I despair then? Do not shake me thus:
My Tempest-beaten Heart is cold to Death.
Ah! turn, and let me warm me in thy Beauties.
Heav'ns! what a Proof I gave but two Nights past
Of matchless Love! To fling me at thy Feet,
I slighted Friendship, and I flew from Fame;
Nor heard the Summons of the next Day's Battel:
But darting headlong to thy Arms, I left
The promis'd Fight, I left Alonzo too
To stand the War, and quell a World alone.
(I.i, pp. 6-7)
Must I despair then? Do not shake me thus:
My Tempest-beaten Heart is cold to Death.
Ah! turn, and let me warm me in thy Beauties.
Heav'ns! what a Proof I gave but two Nights past
Of matchless Love! To fling me at thy Feet,
I slighted Friendship, and I flew from Fame;
Nor heard the Summons of the next Day's Battel:
But darting headlong to thy Arms, I left
The promis'd Fight, I left Alonzo too
To stand the War, and quell a World alone.
(I.i, pp. 6-7)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed April 18, 1721. Over 39 entries in the ESTC (1721, 1722, 1726, 1733, 1735, 1749, 1752, 1754, 1755, 1760, 1764, 1768, 1769,1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1780, 1788, 1789, 1792, 1793, 1794).
See The Revenge: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's Servants. By E. Young. (London: Printed for W. Chetwood and S. Chapman, 1721). <Link to ECCO>
See The Revenge: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's Servants. By E. Young. (London: Printed for W. Chetwood and S. Chapman, 1721). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/17/2013
