"Still in this breast shall dearest Emma reign, / Nor e'er my will your virgin choice shall sway."
— Berkeley, George Monck (1763-1793)
Work Title
Date
1789, 1797
Metaphor
"Still in this breast shall dearest Emma reign, / Nor e'er my will your virgin choice shall sway."
Metaphor in Context
HAUBERK.
Still in this breast shall dearest Emma reign,
Nor e'er my will your virgin choice shall sway.
But grant this Knight be he whom erst you saw,
That Hauberk's line no longer want an Heir.
In two short hours we hope him here: till then
Farewel.
(I.iii, p. 138)
Still in this breast shall dearest Emma reign,
Nor e'er my will your virgin choice shall sway.
But grant this Knight be he whom erst you saw,
That Hauberk's line no longer want an Heir.
In two short hours we hope him here: till then
Farewel.
(I.iii, p. 138)
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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
