"What were Dominion, Pomp, / The Wealth of Nations, nay of all the World, / The World it self, or what a thousand Worlds, / If weigh'd with Faith unspotted, heav'nly Truth, / Thoughts free from Guilt, the Empire of the Mind, / And all the Triumphs of a God-like Breast / Firm and unmov'd in the great Cause of Virtue?"
— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Watts
Date
First performed February 17, 1720.
Metaphor
"What were Dominion, Pomp, / The Wealth of Nations, nay of all the World, / The World it self, or what a thousand Worlds, / If weigh'd with Faith unspotted, heav'nly Truth, / Thoughts free from Guilt, the Empire of the Mind, / And all the Triumphs of a God-like Breast / Firm and unmov'd in the great Cause of Virtue?"
Metaphor in Context
PHOCYAS
Cruel Eudocia!
If in my Heart's deep Anguish I've been forc'd
Awhile from what I was--dost thou reject me?
Think of the Cause--
EUDOCIA
The Cause? there is no Cause!
Not universal Nature cou'd afford
A Cause for this; what were Dominion, Pomp,
The Wealth of Nations, nay of all the World,
The World it self, or what a thousand Worlds,
If weigh'd with Faith unspotted, heav'nly Truth,
Thoughts free from Guilt, the Empire of the Mind,
And all the Triumphs of a God-like Breast
Firm and unmov'd in the great Cause of Virtue?
(pp. 48-9)
Cruel Eudocia!
If in my Heart's deep Anguish I've been forc'd
Awhile from what I was--dost thou reject me?
Think of the Cause--
EUDOCIA
The Cause? there is no Cause!
Not universal Nature cou'd afford
A Cause for this; what were Dominion, Pomp,
The Wealth of Nations, nay of all the World,
The World it self, or what a thousand Worlds,
If weigh'd with Faith unspotted, heav'nly Truth,
Thoughts free from Guilt, the Empire of the Mind,
And all the Triumphs of a God-like Breast
Firm and unmov'd in the great Cause of Virtue?
(pp. 48-9)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed February 17, 1720. 24 entries in ESTC (1720, 1721, 1727, 1735, 1741, 1744, 1752, 1753, 1759, 1765, 1768, 1770, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1790, 1793).
The Siege Of Damascus. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's Servants. By John Hughes (London: Printed for John Watts, 1720).
The Siege Of Damascus. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's Servants. By John Hughes (London: Printed for John Watts, 1720).
Date of Entry
08/20/2013
