"Does thy iron heart / Deny me this--a portion of his grave?"
— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt
Date
1769
Metaphor
"Does thy iron heart / Deny me this--a portion of his grave?"
Metaphor in Context
OVISA.
Yes.--This scene of death.
Becomes this presence--Was it not enough,
O thou destroyer of Ovisa's race!
To slay my brother--In his failing years
To murder Aunac.--Could not nature hold
Thy hand from Timur?--Murderer of thy son!--
Ah! whither wanders my distracted soul?
By me he fell--'Twas my ill-fate'd love
Brought him to this--made all this ruin here.--
O Timur, Timur!
[Throwing herself on Timur's body.]
No thou shalt not force
Her lord from poor Ovisa.--I resign
My claim to Asia.--Does thy iron heart
Deny me this--a portion of his grave?
(V.ii, p. 83)
Yes.--This scene of death.
Becomes this presence--Was it not enough,
O thou destroyer of Ovisa's race!
To slay my brother--In his failing years
To murder Aunac.--Could not nature hold
Thy hand from Timur?--Murderer of thy son!--
Ah! whither wanders my distracted soul?
By me he fell--'Twas my ill-fate'd love
Brought him to this--made all this ruin here.--
O Timur, Timur!
[Throwing herself on Timur's body.]
No thou shalt not force
Her lord from poor Ovisa.--I resign
My claim to Asia.--Does thy iron heart
Deny me this--a portion of his grave?
(V.ii, p. 83)
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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
