"But know to thy confusion, not the Winds, / That sweep the Scythian desart, are more deaf, / Than are thy fancied Deities; nor Rocks, / That shake those Winds from off their icy sides, / More hard, or more unfeeling than my heart."
— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Walter
Date
1761
Metaphor
"But know to thy confusion, not the Winds, / That sweep the Scythian desart, are more deaf, / Than are thy fancied Deities; nor Rocks, / That shake those Winds from off their icy sides, / More hard, or more unfeeling than my heart."
Metaphor in Context
CLODIUS.
Must I despise thee too?
Rail on thou credulous and shallow Pedant,
Till thy Gods hear thee, or till I relent.
But know to thy confusion, not the Winds,
That sweep the Scythian desart, are more deaf,
Than are thy fancied Deities; nor Rocks,
That shake those Winds from off their icy sides,
More hard, or more unfeeling than my heart.
(p. 90)
Must I despise thee too?
Rail on thou credulous and shallow Pedant,
Till thy Gods hear thee, or till I relent.
But know to thy confusion, not the Winds,
That sweep the Scythian desart, are more deaf,
Than are thy fancied Deities; nor Rocks,
That shake those Winds from off their icy sides,
More hard, or more unfeeling than my heart.
(p. 90)
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
