"But I'm a Bust with Heart of Steel, / That can nor Pain nor Pleasure feel."
— Elizabeth [née Lady Elizabeth Berkeley], margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth [other married name Elizabeth Craven, Lady Craven] (1750-1828)
Date
1798
Metaphor
"But I'm a Bust with Heart of Steel, / That can nor Pain nor Pleasure feel."
Metaphor in Context
Song
I'VE read of Love, and all his Tricks;
That he doth Gall with Honey mix:
But I'm a Bust with Heart of Steel,
That can nor Pain nor Pleasure feel:
And let me still unmov'd remain;
He wants no Joy, that feels no Pain!
O No! O No! O No!
He wants no Joy, who feels no Pain.
(Act I, p. 4)
I'VE read of Love, and all his Tricks;
That he doth Gall with Honey mix:
But I'm a Bust with Heart of Steel,
That can nor Pain nor Pleasure feel:
And let me still unmov'd remain;
He wants no Joy, that feels no Pain!
O No! O No! O No!
He wants no Joy, who feels no Pain.
(Act I, p. 4)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in ECCO-TCP
Citation
Airs and Chorusses in the Princess of Georgia, an Opera: Written by Her Serene Highness the Margravine of Anspach, and Performed at Brandenburgh-House Theatre, 1798. ([London?, s.n., 1798?]). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014
