"A thousand Wonders, / A thousand Mysteries, at once reveal'd, / Come rushing on my Memory!"
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for L. Gilliver
Date
1731
Metaphor
"A thousand Wonders, / A thousand Mysteries, at once reveal'd, / Come rushing on my Memory!"
Metaphor in Context
Elfrid.
O my foreboding Heart!--A thousand Wonders,
A thousand Mysteries, at once reveal'd,
Come rushing on my Memory!--Now, Athelwold,
No longer is it doubtful to my Thought,
Why the King's Eye was judg'd more dangerous
Than Shoals, and Rocks, and Shipwrecks!--Now the Mystery
Of Royal Edgar's Words, so lately heard,
Opens, unveil'd, upon my frighted Soul;
And Pain, and Terror, and Confusion, shake me.
Oh! cruel Undeceiver! why have you wak'd me?
Why have you torn me from my joyless Calm?
Which, though it gave no Transport, lull'd me in Quiet,
And kept these Storms of Life from breaking on me.
(p. 49)
O my foreboding Heart!--A thousand Wonders,
A thousand Mysteries, at once reveal'd,
Come rushing on my Memory!--Now, Athelwold,
No longer is it doubtful to my Thought,
Why the King's Eye was judg'd more dangerous
Than Shoals, and Rocks, and Shipwrecks!--Now the Mystery
Of Royal Edgar's Words, so lately heard,
Opens, unveil'd, upon my frighted Soul;
And Pain, and Terror, and Confusion, shake me.
Oh! cruel Undeceiver! why have you wak'd me?
Why have you torn me from my joyless Calm?
Which, though it gave no Transport, lull'd me in Quiet,
And kept these Storms of Life from breaking on me.
(p. 49)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
3 entries in the ESTC (1731, 1732, 1760).
Athelwold: a Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. (London: Printed for L. Gilliver, 1731.) <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Athelwold: a Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants. (London: Printed for L. Gilliver, 1731.) <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/21/2013
