"But, first, I'll tell thee thy detested deeds, / And gall, if possible, thine iron heart."
— Home, John (1722-1808)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt
Date
1769
Metaphor
"But, first, I'll tell thee thy detested deeds, / And gall, if possible, thine iron heart."
Metaphor in Context
RONAN.
Soon shalt thou know,
Perhaps, somewhat too soon, the name I bear;
But, first, I'll tell thee thy detested deeds,
And gall, if possible, thine iron heart.--
Unlike a prince, a warrior and a man,
Meanly thou didst seduce a servile soul
To wrong his master's honour and his love;
And by the blackest artifice betray'd
To endless misery, a royal fair,
Who dies of grief and hate to the assassin!
And still thou dost presume—
(IV, p. 53)
Soon shalt thou know,
Perhaps, somewhat too soon, the name I bear;
But, first, I'll tell thee thy detested deeds,
And gall, if possible, thine iron heart.--
Unlike a prince, a warrior and a man,
Meanly thou didst seduce a servile soul
To wrong his master's honour and his love;
And by the blackest artifice betray'd
To endless misery, a royal fair,
Who dies of grief and hate to the assassin!
And still thou dost presume—
(IV, p. 53)
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Provenance
Searching in ECCO-TCP
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1769, 1770, 1772).
The Fatal Discovery. A Tragedy. As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1769. <Link to ECCO-TCP>
The Fatal Discovery. A Tragedy. As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1769. <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
11/26/2013
