"The Sense but to have sav'd that wond'rous Man, / Is still a smiling Cherub in my Breast, / And whispers Peace within."
— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Dodsley
Date
1739
Metaphor
"The Sense but to have sav'd that wond'rous Man, / Is still a smiling Cherub in my Breast, / And whispers Peace within."
Metaphor in Context
CRISTINA.
Forbid it Shame! Forbid it Virgin Modesty!
No, no, my Friend, Gustavus ne'er shall know it.
O I am over-paid with conscious Pleasure;
The Sense but to have sav'd that wond'rous Man,
Is still a smiling Cherub in my Breast,
And whispers Peace within.
(p. 28)
Forbid it Shame! Forbid it Virgin Modesty!
No, no, my Friend, Gustavus ne'er shall know it.
O I am over-paid with conscious Pleasure;
The Sense but to have sav'd that wond'rous Man,
Is still a smiling Cherub in my Breast,
And whispers Peace within.
(p. 28)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
21 entries in the ESTC (1739, 1753, 1761, 1763, 1773, 1778, 1780, 1791, 1792, 1794, 1796).
Gustavus Vasa, the Deliverer of His Country. A Tragedy. As It Was to Have Been Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. by Henry Brooke (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ESTC>
Gustavus Vasa, the Deliverer of His Country. A Tragedy. As It Was to Have Been Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. by Henry Brooke (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
09/16/2013
