"Thy Words have shot like Lightning through my Frame; / And all my Soul's on Fire!"
— Brown, John (1715-1766)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper
Date
1755
Metaphor
"Thy Words have shot like Lightning through my Frame; / And all my Soul's on Fire!"
Metaphor in Context
ZAPHIRA.
[Rising.
Ah!—say'st thou, OTHMAN?
Thy Words have shot like Lightning through my Frame;
And all my Soul's on Fire!—Thou faithful Friend!
Yes; with more gentle Speech I'll sooth his Pride;
Regain my Freedom; seek my Father's Tents;
There paint my countless Woes. His kindling Rage
Shall wake the Vallies into honest Vengeance:
The sudden Storm shall pour on BARBAROSSA;
And ev'ry glowing Warrior steep his Shaft
In deadlier Poison, to revenge my Wrongs.
(p. 24)
[Rising.
Ah!—say'st thou, OTHMAN?
Thy Words have shot like Lightning through my Frame;
And all my Soul's on Fire!—Thou faithful Friend!
Yes; with more gentle Speech I'll sooth his Pride;
Regain my Freedom; seek my Father's Tents;
There paint my countless Woes. His kindling Rage
Shall wake the Vallies into honest Vengeance:
The sudden Storm shall pour on BARBAROSSA;
And ev'ry glowing Warrior steep his Shaft
In deadlier Poison, to revenge my Wrongs.
(p. 24)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
At least 23 entries in ESTC (1755, 1756, 1757, 1760, 1762, 1770, 1771, 1774, 1777, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1794, 1795).
See Barbarossa: A Tragedy. As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1755). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
See Barbarossa: A Tragedy. As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1755). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014
