"For Mariamne with superior charms / Triumphs o'er reason; in her look she bears / A paradise of ever-blooming sweets: / Fair as the first idea beauty prints / On the young lover's soul: a winning grace / Guides every gesture, and obsequious Love / Attends on all her steps; for, majesty / Streams from her eye to each beholder's heart, / And checks the transport which her charms inspire: / Who wou'd not live her slave!"
— Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Tonson
Date
February 22, 1723
Metaphor
"For Mariamne with superior charms / Triumphs o'er reason; in her look she bears / A paradise of ever-blooming sweets: / Fair as the first idea beauty prints / On the young lover's soul: a winning grace / Guides every gesture, and obsequious Love / Attends on all her steps; for, majesty / Streams from her eye to each beholder's heart, / And checks the transport which her charms inspire: / Who wou'd not live her slave!"
Metaphor in Context
PHERORAS
He never can;
For Mariamne with superior charms
Triumphs o'er reason; in her look she bears
A paradise of ever-blooming sweets:
Fair as the first idea beauty prints
On the young lover's soul: a winning grace
Guides every gesture, and obsequious Love
Attends on all her steps; for, majesty
Streams from her eye to each beholder's heart,
And checks the transport which her charms inspire:
Who wou'd not live her slave!--Nor is her mind
Form'd with inferior elegance!--By her,
So absolute in every grace, we guess
What essence angels have.
(p. 4)
He never can;
For Mariamne with superior charms
Triumphs o'er reason; in her look she bears
A paradise of ever-blooming sweets:
Fair as the first idea beauty prints
On the young lover's soul: a winning grace
Guides every gesture, and obsequious Love
Attends on all her steps; for, majesty
Streams from her eye to each beholder's heart,
And checks the transport which her charms inspire:
Who wou'd not live her slave!--Nor is her mind
Form'd with inferior elegance!--By her,
So absolute in every grace, we guess
What essence angels have.
(p. 4)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed February 22, 1723. Over 16 entries in the ESTC (1723, 1726, 1728, 1735, 1745, 1759, 1760, 1768, 1774, 1777, 1781, 1794).
Mariamne. A Tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Fenton (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1723). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Mariamne. A Tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Fenton (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1723). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/20/2013
