"The Youth whom I to save wou'd die, / Surpasses all Desire; / Love's fatal Dart, enflames my Heart, / And sets me all on Fire."
— Coffey, Charles (d. 1745)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for James and John Knapton
Date
March 24, 1729
Metaphor
"The Youth whom I to save wou'd die, / Surpasses all Desire; / Love's fatal Dart, enflames my Heart, / And sets me all on Fire."
Metaphor in Context
AIR III. Young Philaret and Celia met.
The Youth whom I to save wou'd die,
Surpasses all Desire;
Love's fatal Dart, enflames my Heart,
And sets me all on Fire.
The plaintive Dove, without her Love,
Thus mourns like me opprest;
But when her Mate arrives, tho' late.
Joy triumphs in her Breast.
(I.ii, p. 10)
The Youth whom I to save wou'd die,
Surpasses all Desire;
Love's fatal Dart, enflames my Heart,
And sets me all on Fire.
The plaintive Dove, without her Love,
Thus mourns like me opprest;
But when her Mate arrives, tho' late.
Joy triumphs in her Breast.
(I.ii, p. 10)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed March 24, 1729. 11 entries in the ESTC (1729, 1730, 1731, 1733).
The Beggar's Wedding. A New Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Dublin, with great Applause. And At the Theatre in the Hay-Market. To which are added the New Prologue and Epilogue, And the Musick to all the Songs. By Mr. Char. Coffey, 3rd edition (London: Printed for James and John Knapton, 1729).
The Beggar's Wedding. A New Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Dublin, with great Applause. And At the Theatre in the Hay-Market. To which are added the New Prologue and Epilogue, And the Musick to all the Songs. By Mr. Char. Coffey, 3rd edition (London: Printed for James and John Knapton, 1729).
Date of Entry
08/17/2013
