"At length I wake to Reason and to thee; / Thy well-lov'd form, like the all-glorious Sun / After a gloom of horror dawns upon me, / And day breaks in on my benighted soul."
— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Walter
Date
1761
Metaphor
"At length I wake to Reason and to thee; / Thy well-lov'd form, like the all-glorious Sun / After a gloom of horror dawns upon me, / And day breaks in on my benighted soul."
Metaphor in Context
TULLIA.
O born to save and to possess my heart!
At length I wake to Reason and to thee;
Thy well-lov'd form, like the all-glorious Sun
After a gloom of horror dawns upon me,
And day breaks in on my benighted soul.
(pp. 58-9)
O born to save and to possess my heart!
At length I wake to Reason and to thee;
Thy well-lov'd form, like the all-glorious Sun
After a gloom of horror dawns upon me,
And day breaks in on my benighted soul.
(pp. 58-9)
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
