"Oh, farewell! / I cannot coin in words my soul's soft meaning!"
— Lee, Sophia (bap. 1750, d. 1824)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by Brett Smith, for Messrs. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, C. Brown, and G. Folingsby
Date
April 20, 1796
Metaphor
"Oh, farewell! / I cannot coin in words my soul's soft meaning!"
Metaphor in Context
ORASMYN.
Th' unwary flight expounds a mystery
My shallow sense o'erlook'd. Oh! well I see
Why thou wouldst not do justice to Orasmyn.
--Yet, oh! I pity, far more than I blame thee!
Hide from all eyes, but chiefly from my father's,
Th' unsanction'd prepossession! Ruin--murder,
A thousand ills, I will not shock thy sense with,
Lurk in the thought of love, and of Alonzo!
--Born to adore, to follow, to protect thee!
Think not Orasmyn will desert himself,
To force a heart upon thee!--Oh, farewell!
I cannot coin in words my soul's soft meaning!
(II.iii, p. 27)
Th' unwary flight expounds a mystery
My shallow sense o'erlook'd. Oh! well I see
Why thou wouldst not do justice to Orasmyn.
--Yet, oh! I pity, far more than I blame thee!
Hide from all eyes, but chiefly from my father's,
Th' unsanction'd prepossession! Ruin--murder,
A thousand ills, I will not shock thy sense with,
Lurk in the thought of love, and of Alonzo!
--Born to adore, to follow, to protect thee!
Think not Orasmyn will desert himself,
To force a heart upon thee!--Oh, farewell!
I cannot coin in words my soul's soft meaning!
(II.iii, p. 27)
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Provenance
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Citation
Three entries in ESTC (1796)
Almeyda, Queen of Granada: A Tragedy, in Five Acts. By Sophia Lee. As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. (Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith, for Messrs. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, C. Brown, and G. Folingsby, 1796). <Link to EECO-TCP>
Almeyda, Queen of Granada: A Tragedy, in Five Acts. By Sophia Lee. As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. (Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith, for Messrs. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, C. Brown, and G. Folingsby, 1796). <Link to EECO-TCP>
Date of Entry
11/10/2013
