"Something like pity shakes my firm resolves, / And almost melts the iron heart of Zingis."
— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt
Date
1769
Metaphor
"Something like pity shakes my firm resolves, / And almost melts the iron heart of Zingis."
Metaphor in Context
ZINGIS.
Something like pity shakes my firm resolves,
And almost melts the iron heart of Zingis.
The king is old; yet may ambitious men
Hold forth a cause so specious--whilst he lives,
Some dark conspiracies may rise around us.
But to imbrue our hands in Aunac's blood,
Would tarnish half the glories of our reign.
(III.i, p. 42)
Something like pity shakes my firm resolves,
And almost melts the iron heart of Zingis.
The king is old; yet may ambitious men
Hold forth a cause so specious--whilst he lives,
Some dark conspiracies may rise around us.
But to imbrue our hands in Aunac's blood,
Would tarnish half the glories of our reign.
(III.i, p. 42)
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Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1769, 1773).
Zingis. A Tragedy: As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By Alexander Dow. (London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1769). <Link to ESTC>
Zingis. A Tragedy: As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By Alexander Dow. (London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1769). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
11/26/2013
