"The Fish in Innocence secure, / Once tempted by the Bait; / Pursues and snaps the treach'rous Lure, / And meets her certain Fate: / So Virgins when to Love betray'd, / Indulge the pleasing Pain; / The Passion does each Sense invade, / They ne'er are free again."
— Coffey, Charles (d. 1745)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for James and John Knapton
Date
March 24, 1729
Metaphor
"The Fish in Innocence secure, / Once tempted by the Bait; / Pursues and snaps the treach'rous Lure, / And meets her certain Fate: / So Virgins when to Love betray'd, / Indulge the pleasing Pain; / The Passion does each Sense invade, / They ne'er are free again."
Metaphor in Context
AIR IV. As Chloe full of harmless Thought, &c.
The Fish in Innocence secure,
Once tempted by the Bait;
Pursues and snaps the treach'rous Lure,
And meets her certain Fate:
So Virgins when to Love betray'd,
Indulge the pleasing Pain;
The Passion does each Sense invade,
They ne'er are free again.
(I.ii, p. 10)
The Fish in Innocence secure,
Once tempted by the Bait;
Pursues and snaps the treach'rous Lure,
And meets her certain Fate:
So Virgins when to Love betray'd,
Indulge the pleasing Pain;
The Passion does each Sense invade,
They ne'er are free again.
(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
