"Ah! never at immodest Plays appear; / A wanton Farce, and a lascivious Play, / The Seeds of Vice insensibly convey; / There Virgin Innocence is first betray'd / By bad Impressions, on the Fancy made."
— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Owen
Date
1759
Metaphor
"Ah! never at immodest Plays appear; / A wanton Farce, and a lascivious Play, / The Seeds of Vice insensibly convey; / There Virgin Innocence is first betray'd / By bad Impressions, on the Fancy made."
Metaphor in Context
Shun Comedies, where Scenes indecent stain
The youthful Mind, with Images obscene;
Chast Pupil, Object of my guardian Care!
Ah! never at immodest Plays appear;
A wanton Farce, and a lascivious Play,
The Seeds of Vice insensibly convey;
There Virgin Innocence is first betray'd
By bad Impressions, on the Fancy made;
There Females learn Intrigues, in tender Age,
And practice what is acted on the Stage; [...]
(p. 98)
The youthful Mind, with Images obscene;
Chast Pupil, Object of my guardian Care!
Ah! never at immodest Plays appear;
A wanton Farce, and a lascivious Play,
The Seeds of Vice insensibly convey;
There Virgin Innocence is first betray'd
By bad Impressions, on the Fancy made;
There Females learn Intrigues, in tender Age,
And practice what is acted on the Stage; [...]
(p. 98)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1759, 1760, 1775).
Text from Female Conduct: Being an Essay on the Art of Pleasing. To Be Practised by the Fair Sex, Before, and After Marriage. A Poem, in Two Books. Humbly Dedicated, to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Inscribed to Plautilla. by Thomas Marriott, Esq. (London: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, Temple-Bar, 1759). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Female Conduct: Being an Essay on the Art of Pleasing. To Be Practised by the Fair Sex, Before, and After Marriage. A Poem, in Two Books. Humbly Dedicated, to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Inscribed to Plautilla. by Thomas Marriott, Esq. (London: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, Temple-Bar, 1759). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
10/28/2013
