"For, O Gustavus, / My Soul is dark, disconsolate and dark; / Sick to the World, and hateful to myself, / I have no Country now."
— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Dodsley
Date
1739
Metaphor
"For, O Gustavus, / My Soul is dark, disconsolate and dark; / Sick to the World, and hateful to myself, / I have no Country now."
Metaphor in Context
ARVIDA.
Alas! I shall but serve to weigh thee downward,
To pull thee from the dazzling, sightless Height,
At which thy Virtue soars. For, O Gustavus,
My Soul is dark, disconsolate and dark;
Sick to the World, and hateful to myself,
I have no Country now; I've nought but thee,
And shou'd yield up the Int'rest of Mankind,
Where thine's in Question.
(p. 63)
Alas! I shall but serve to weigh thee downward,
To pull thee from the dazzling, sightless Height,
At which thy Virtue soars. For, O Gustavus,
My Soul is dark, disconsolate and dark;
Sick to the World, and hateful to myself,
I have no Country now; I've nought but thee,
And shou'd yield up the Int'rest of Mankind,
Where thine's in Question.
(p. 63)
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
