"Dream on, till Vengeance wake thee, till thy Conscience / Bloated and swell'd, from Pleasure's guilty feast / Starts up aghast, turns suddenly upon thee, / And stings thee to the Heart."
— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Walter
Date
1761
Metaphor
"Dream on, till Vengeance wake thee, till thy Conscience / Bloated and swell'd, from Pleasure's guilty feast / Starts up aghast, turns suddenly upon thee, / And stings thee to the Heart."
Metaphor in Context
CICERO.
Not think of me?
Dream on, till Vengeance wake thee, till thy Conscience
Bloated and swell'd, from Pleasure's guilty feast
Starts up aghast, turns suddenly upon thee,
And stings thee to the Heart; and mark me, Traitor,
In the great scale and order of Creation
All have their parts; but your's are servile uses,
Monsters of Vice; yet in the hand of Heaven
Ye minister to Good, and are the instruments
To tent the hollow-hearted, and distinguish
Between the similar back-sliding hypocrite,
And the long-suffering single-hearted man:
When you have done your work, you're thrown aside,
As such base tools should be.
(p. 94)
Not think of me?
Dream on, till Vengeance wake thee, till thy Conscience
Bloated and swell'd, from Pleasure's guilty feast
Starts up aghast, turns suddenly upon thee,
And stings thee to the Heart; and mark me, Traitor,
In the great scale and order of Creation
All have their parts; but your's are servile uses,
Monsters of Vice; yet in the hand of Heaven
Ye minister to Good, and are the instruments
To tent the hollow-hearted, and distinguish
Between the similar back-sliding hypocrite,
And the long-suffering single-hearted man:
When you have done your work, you're thrown aside,
As such base tools should be.
(p. 94)
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
