"He bade me tell thee, / That in his Heart indelibly are stamp'd / His Father's Wrongs, and Thine."
— Brown, John (1715-1766)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper
Date
1755
Metaphor
"He bade me tell thee, / That in his Heart indelibly are stamp'd / His Father's Wrongs, and Thine."
Metaphor in Context
SELIM.
He bade me tell thee,
That in his Heart indelibly are stamp'd
His Father's Wrongs, and Thine: That he but waits
'Till awful Justice may unsheath her Sword,
And Lust and Murder tremble at her Frown!
'That till th' Arrival of that happy Hour,
Deep in his Soul the hidden Fire shall glow,
And his Breast labour with the great Revenge!
(p. 46)
He bade me tell thee,
That in his Heart indelibly are stamp'd
His Father's Wrongs, and Thine: That he but waits
'Till awful Justice may unsheath her Sword,
And Lust and Murder tremble at her Frown!
'That till th' Arrival of that happy Hour,
Deep in his Soul the hidden Fire shall glow,
And his Breast labour with the great Revenge!
(p. 46)
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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
