"Oh! I am all on Fire, thou lovely Wench, / Torrents of Joy my burning Soul must quench, / Reiterated Joys!"
— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Watts
Date
June 1, 1732
Metaphor
"Oh! I am all on Fire, thou lovely Wench, / Torrents of Joy my burning Soul must quench, / Reiterated Joys!"
Metaphor in Context
LOVEGIRLO.
Forbid it all
Ye Powers propitious to unlawful Love.
Oh! my Kissinda, by this Kiss I swear,
(This Kiss, which at a Shilling is not dear)
I wou'd not quit the Joys this Night shall give,
For all the virtuous Wives or Maids alive.
Oh! I am all on Fire, thou lovely Wench,
Torrents of Joy my burning Soul must quench,
Reiterated Joys!
Thus burning from the Fire, the Washer lifts
The red-hot Iron to make smooth her Shifts,
With Arm impetuous rubs her Shift amain,
And rubs, and rubs, and rubs it oe'r again;
Nor sooner does her rubbing Arm withhold,
'Till she grows warm, and the hot Iron cold.
(p. 13)
Forbid it all
Ye Powers propitious to unlawful Love.
Oh! my Kissinda, by this Kiss I swear,
(This Kiss, which at a Shilling is not dear)
I wou'd not quit the Joys this Night shall give,
For all the virtuous Wives or Maids alive.
Oh! I am all on Fire, thou lovely Wench,
Torrents of Joy my burning Soul must quench,
Reiterated Joys!
Thus burning from the Fire, the Washer lifts
The red-hot Iron to make smooth her Shifts,
With Arm impetuous rubs her Shift amain,
And rubs, and rubs, and rubs it oe'r again;
Nor sooner does her rubbing Arm withhold,
'Till she grows warm, and the hot Iron cold.
(p. 13)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed June 1, 1732. 4 entries in the ESTC (1732, 1754, 1755, 1780).
Henry Fielding, The Covent-Garden Tragedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. by His Majesty's Servants (London: Printed for J. Watts, and Sold by J. Roberts. 1732). <Link to ECCO>
Henry Fielding, The Covent-Garden Tragedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. by His Majesty's Servants (London: Printed for J. Watts, and Sold by J. Roberts. 1732). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/20/2013
