"A jealous daemon whispers in my breast."
— Hervey, John, second Baron Hervey of Ickworth (1696-1743)
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Date
September 27, 1746
Metaphor
"A jealous daemon whispers in my breast."
Metaphor in Context
VIII.
Yet there's a grief surpassing all the rest;
A jealous daemon whispers in my breast,
Marius was false; for liberty alone
The show of love the hypocrite put on.
(p. 96)
Yet there's a grief surpassing all the rest;
A jealous daemon whispers in my breast,
Marius was false; for liberty alone
The show of love the hypocrite put on.
(p. 96)
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Citation
At least 9 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1746, 1755 1758, 1759, 1763, 1765, 1775, 1782).
First published in Number XIV, Saturday, September 27, of The Museum. See The Museum: or, the Literary and Historical Register (London: R. Dodsley, 1746), II, pp. 14-19. <Link to Google Books>
Text from volume 4 of Robert Dodsley's A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes. By Several Hands (London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1755). <Link to ECCO-TCP
First published in Number XIV, Saturday, September 27, of The Museum. See The Museum: or, the Literary and Historical Register (London: R. Dodsley, 1746), II, pp. 14-19. <Link to Google Books>
Text from volume 4 of Robert Dodsley's A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes. By Several Hands (London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1755). <Link to ECCO-TCP
Date of Entry
04/07/2014
