"What a rough war contending Passion keeps! / Now the storm's up; now, hah! by Heav'n he weeps."
— Bickerstaff, Isaac (b. 1733, d. after 1808)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
Date
1756
Metaphor
"What a rough war contending Passion keeps! / Now the storm's up; now, hah! by Heav'n he weeps."
Metaphor in Context
CLYTIE, aside.
What a rough war contending Passion keeps!
Now the storm's up; now, hah! by Heav'n he weeps.
Oh may these drops, like those which fall from high,
Before the rapid thunder rends the sky,
Be the fore-runners of approaching wrath,
And bode destruction, perils, rage, and death.
(II.v, pp. 38-9)
What a rough war contending Passion keeps!
Now the storm's up; now, hah! by Heav'n he weeps.
Oh may these drops, like those which fall from high,
Before the rapid thunder rends the sky,
Be the fore-runners of approaching wrath,
And bode destruction, perils, rage, and death.
(II.v, pp. 38-9)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
Never acted. Only 1 entry in ESTC (1756).
Leucöthoe. A Dramatic Poem (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1756). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Leucöthoe. A Dramatic Poem (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1756). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/26/2013
