"Oh! thou art ever faithful--on thy lips / Sits pensive silence, with her hallow'd finger / Guarding the pure recesses of thy mind."
— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Printed for P. Vaillant
Publisher
London
Date
1759
Metaphor
"Oh! thou art ever faithful--on thy lips / Sits pensive silence, with her hallow'd finger / Guarding the pure recesses of thy mind."
Metaphor in Context
ZAMTI.
Oh! thou art ever faithful--on thy lips
Sits pensive silence, with her hallow'd finger
Guarding the pure recesses of thy mind.--
But, lo! they come.--
(III, p. 36)
Oh! thou art ever faithful--on thy lips
Sits pensive silence, with her hallow'd finger
Guarding the pure recesses of thy mind.--
But, lo! they come.--
(III, p. 36)
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Provenance
LION
Citation
First performed April 21, 1759. 10 entries in ESTC (1759, 1761, 1763, 1772, 1787, 1797).
Text from The Orphan of China, A Tragedy, As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for P. Vaillant, 1759).
Text from The Orphan of China, A Tragedy, As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for P. Vaillant, 1759).
Date of Entry
11/18/2013
