"But now proceed; / Give me more names; these many I have wrote / Deep in the vengeful tablets of my heart."
— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Walter
Date
1761
Metaphor
"But now proceed; / Give me more names; these many I have wrote / Deep in the vengeful tablets of my heart."
Metaphor in Context
CLODIUS.
No more, I sleep o'er Cato's drowsy theme:
He is the Senate's drone, and dreams of Liberty,
When Rome's vast Empire is set up to sale,
And portion'd out to each ambitious bidder
In marketable lots.--But now proceed;
Give me more names; these many I have wrote
Deep in the vengeful tablets of my heart.
GABINIUS.
Then in the front and foremost page of all
Print deep in everlasting characters,
The hated name of Milo; his alone,
When every other eye was red with tears,
His only burnt with hot and scalding rage;
He hates thee, Clodius; and when all were loud
For mourning, he with a disdainful air
Throwing his mantle by, in public view
Shew'd them his mailed corselet, bid 'em mark it;
For 'twas a Roman's dress; their sable scarves,
Them, as he said, he left to puling maids
And sedentary widows.
(p. 11)
No more, I sleep o'er Cato's drowsy theme:
He is the Senate's drone, and dreams of Liberty,
When Rome's vast Empire is set up to sale,
And portion'd out to each ambitious bidder
In marketable lots.--But now proceed;
Give me more names; these many I have wrote
Deep in the vengeful tablets of my heart.
GABINIUS.
Then in the front and foremost page of all
Print deep in everlasting characters,
The hated name of Milo; his alone,
When every other eye was red with tears,
His only burnt with hot and scalding rage;
He hates thee, Clodius; and when all were loud
For mourning, he with a disdainful air
Throwing his mantle by, in public view
Shew'd them his mailed corselet, bid 'em mark it;
For 'twas a Roman's dress; their sable scarves,
Them, as he said, he left to puling maids
And sedentary widows.
(p. 11)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1761).
The Banishment of Cicero. A Tragedy. By Richard Cumberland (London: Printed for J. Walter, 1761). <Link to ECCO>
The Banishment of Cicero. A Tragedy. By Richard Cumberland (London: Printed for J. Walter, 1761). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
09/04/2013
