"Ah, say, deluded Maid, / Would you, whose mind is pure as winter's snow, / Assort with one distain'd by foulest guilt, / Whose nightly rest the murther'd sprites would break."
— Berkeley, George Monck (1763-1793)
Work Title
Date
1789, 1797
Metaphor
"Ah, say, deluded Maid, / Would you, whose mind is pure as winter's snow, / Assort with one distain'd by foulest guilt, / Whose nightly rest the murther'd sprites would break."
Metaphor in Context
HENRY.
In vain you plead--Ah, say, deluded Maid,
Would you, whose mind is pure as winter's snow,
Assort with one distain'd by foulest guilt,
Whose nightly rest the murther'd sprites would break.
Say, Emma, would'st thou share the thorny bed,
Around whose sides, at night's dread hour, the ghosts
Of murder'd men would angry stalk, and to
Thy fearful sight disclose their gaping wounds,
Then call for vengeance on this guilty head?
(I.iv, p. 143)
In vain you plead--Ah, say, deluded Maid,
Would you, whose mind is pure as winter's snow,
Assort with one distain'd by foulest guilt,
Whose nightly rest the murther'd sprites would break.
Say, Emma, would'st thou share the thorny bed,
Around whose sides, at night's dread hour, the ghosts
Of murder'd men would angry stalk, and to
Thy fearful sight disclose their gaping wounds,
Then call for vengeance on this guilty head?
(I.iv, p. 143)
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Citation
Performed at Dublin Theatre in 1789, published in 1797. Only 1 entry in ESTC (1797).
Text from Poems: by the Late George-Monck Berkeley, Esq. (London: Printed by J. Nichols; and sold by Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby; Mr. Edwards; Mr. Cooke, Oxford; Mr. Todd, York; Messrs. Simmons and Co.; Messrs. Flackton, Marrable, and Claris; and Mr. Bristow, Canterbury, 1797). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Text from Poems: by the Late George-Monck Berkeley, Esq. (London: Printed by J. Nichols; and sold by Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby; Mr. Edwards; Mr. Cooke, Oxford; Mr. Todd, York; Messrs. Simmons and Co.; Messrs. Flackton, Marrable, and Claris; and Mr. Bristow, Canterbury, 1797). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
09/08/2013
