"Oh! give me way, come all you Furies, come, / Lodge in th'unfurnish'd Chambers of my Heart, / My Heart which never shall be let again / To any Guest but endless Misery, / Never shall have a Bill upon it more."
— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Watts
Date
June 1, 1732
Metaphor
"Oh! give me way, come all you Furies, come, / Lodge in th'unfurnish'd Chambers of my Heart, / My Heart which never shall be let again / To any Guest but endless Misery, / Never shall have a Bill upon it more."
Metaphor in Context
KISSINDA.
Poor Lovegirlo's slain.
Oh! give me way, come all you Furies, come,
Lodge in th'unfurnish'd Chambers of my Heart,
My Heart which never shall be let again
To any Guest but endless Misery,
Never shall have a Bill upon it more.
Oh! I am mad methinks, I swim in Air,
In Seas of Sulphur and eternal Fire,
And see Lovegirlo too.
(p. 30)
Poor Lovegirlo's slain.
Oh! give me way, come all you Furies, come,
Lodge in th'unfurnish'd Chambers of my Heart,
My Heart which never shall be let again
To any Guest but endless Misery,
Never shall have a Bill upon it more.
Oh! I am mad methinks, I swim in Air,
In Seas of Sulphur and eternal Fire,
And see Lovegirlo too.
(p. 30)
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
