"Oh! jealousy, / Thou tyrant of the mind."
— Dibdin, Charles (bap. 1745, d. 1814)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Sold by T. Lowndes
Date
1776
Metaphor
"Oh! jealousy, / Thou tyrant of the mind."
Metaphor in Context
AIR.
I.
What state of life can be so blest
As love that warms a lover's breast;
Two souls in one the same desire,
To grant the bliss, and to require?
But if in heav'n a hell we find,
'Tis all from thee, Oh! jealousy,
Thou tyrant of the mind.
II.
False in thy glass all objects are,
Some set too near, and some too far;
Thou art the fire of endless night,
The fire that burns, and gives no light.
All torments, ev'ry ill, we find
In only thee, Oh! jealousy,
Thou tyrant of the mind.
(p. 13)
I.
What state of life can be so blest
As love that warms a lover's breast;
Two souls in one the same desire,
To grant the bliss, and to require?
But if in heav'n a hell we find,
'Tis all from thee, Oh! jealousy,
Thou tyrant of the mind.
II.
False in thy glass all objects are,
Some set too near, and some too far;
Thou art the fire of endless night,
The fire that burns, and gives no light.
All torments, ev'ry ill, we find
In only thee, Oh! jealousy,
Thou tyrant of the mind.
(p. 13)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1776).
The Metamorphoses. A Comic Opera. In Two Acts. As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in the Hay-Market. The Music by Mr. Dibdin. (London: Sold by T. Lowndes, 1776). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP>
The Metamorphoses. A Comic Opera. In Two Acts. As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in the Hay-Market. The Music by Mr. Dibdin. (London: Sold by T. Lowndes, 1776). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/18/2013
