"My mind's in equipoise, ready alike / To hold thee as my Lover, or my Foe!"
— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Spilsbury
Date
1779
Metaphor
"My mind's in equipoise, ready alike / To hold thee as my Lover, or my Foe!"
Metaphor in Context
EDITHA.
So may he still!
Raimond scorn Edward! and thou, Edward, know
That all my native hate is but suspended--
--My mind's in equipoise, ready alike
To hold thee as my Lover, or my Foe!
(p. 10)
So may he still!
Raimond scorn Edward! and thou, Edward, know
That all my native hate is but suspended--
--My mind's in equipoise, ready alike
To hold thee as my Lover, or my Foe!
(p. 10)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
7 entries in ESTC (1779, 1780, 1797).
See Albina, Countess Raimond; a Tragedy, by Mrs. Cowley: As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market. (London: Printed by T. Spilsbury; for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; R. Faulder, New Bond-Street; L. Davis, Holborn; T. Becket, in the Strand; W. Owen, T. Lowndes, and G. Kearsly, Fleet-Street; W. Davis, Ludgate-Hill; S. Crowder, and T. Evans, Pater-Noster-Row; and Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, Royal-Exchange, 1779). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP>
See Albina, Countess Raimond; a Tragedy, by Mrs. Cowley: As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market. (London: Printed by T. Spilsbury; for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; R. Faulder, New Bond-Street; L. Davis, Holborn; T. Becket, in the Strand; W. Owen, T. Lowndes, and G. Kearsly, Fleet-Street; W. Davis, Ludgate-Hill; S. Crowder, and T. Evans, Pater-Noster-Row; and Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, Royal-Exchange, 1779). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014
