"O Sir! reflect, if thus / The bare recital wounds your fancy now, / A yet more dreadful pain may pierce your heart!"
— Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Tonson
Date
February 22, 1723
Metaphor
"O Sir! reflect, if thus / The bare recital wounds your fancy now, / A yet more dreadful pain may pierce your heart!"
Metaphor in Context
FLAMINIUS
O Sir! reflect, if thus
The bare recital wounds your fancy now,
A yet more dreadful pain may pierce your heart!
Love may once more revive, vain hopeless love!
When the dear object of your longing soul
Lies mould'ring in the dust. If so, the wretch
Who buried in a trance returns to life,
And walks distracted o'er the ratling bones
Of his dead fathers, in the dreary vault
Less horror feels, than sad remorse will raise
Within your breast!
(p. 69)
O Sir! reflect, if thus
The bare recital wounds your fancy now,
A yet more dreadful pain may pierce your heart!
Love may once more revive, vain hopeless love!
When the dear object of your longing soul
Lies mould'ring in the dust. If so, the wretch
Who buried in a trance returns to life,
And walks distracted o'er the ratling bones
Of his dead fathers, in the dreary vault
Less horror feels, than sad remorse will raise
Within your breast!
(p. 69)
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
