"I tremble at the impression this lovely girl has made upon my heart."
— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by B. Smith
Date
1783
Metaphor
"I tremble at the impression this lovely girl has made upon my heart."
Metaphor in Context
BELVILLE
I tremble at the impression this lovely girl has made upon my heart. My chearfulness has left me, and I am grown insensible even to the delicious plea|sure of making those happy who depend on my pro|tection.
AIR.
Ere bright Rosina met my eyes,
How peaceful pass'd the joyous day!
In rural sports I gain'd the prize,
Each virgin listen'd to my lay.
But now no more I touch the lyre,
No more the rustic sport can please;
I live the slave of fond desire,
Lost to myself, to mirth, and ease.
The tree that in a happier hour
It's boughs extended o'er the plain,
When blasted by the lightning's power,
Nor charms the eye, nor shades the swain.
(p. 26)
I tremble at the impression this lovely girl has made upon my heart. My chearfulness has left me, and I am grown insensible even to the delicious plea|sure of making those happy who depend on my pro|tection.
AIR.
Ere bright Rosina met my eyes,
How peaceful pass'd the joyous day!
In rural sports I gain'd the prize,
Each virgin listen'd to my lay.
But now no more I touch the lyre,
No more the rustic sport can please;
I live the slave of fond desire,
Lost to myself, to mirth, and ease.
The tree that in a happier hour
It's boughs extended o'er the plain,
When blasted by the lightning's power,
Nor charms the eye, nor shades the swain.
(p. 26)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
23 entries in ESTC (1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1795, 1796, 1800).
Frances Brooke, Rosina: a Comic Opera, in Two Acts. Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. (Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, for the Company of Booksellers, 1783). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Frances Brooke, Rosina: a Comic Opera, in Two Acts. Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. (Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, for the Company of Booksellers, 1783). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/28/2013
