"But she has left a pleasing image of herself that wanders in my soul. It must not settle there."
— Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691/2)
Work Title
Date
1676
Metaphor
"But she has left a pleasing image of herself that wanders in my soul. It must not settle there."
Metaphor in Context
SIR FOPLING
Hey, Champagne, Norman, La Rose, La Fleur, La Tour, La Verdure!--Dorimant!--
LADY WOODVILL
Here, here he is among this rout! He names him! Come away, Harriet, come away!
Exeunt Lady Woodvill, Harriet, Busy, and Young Bellair.
DORIMANT
This fool's coming has spoiled all: she's gone. But she has left a pleasing image of herself that wanders in my soul. It must not settle there.
SIR FOPLING
What reverie is this? Speak, man.
DORIMANT
"Snatched from myself, how far behind
Already I behold the shore!"
(Act III, scene iii, p. 115)
Hey, Champagne, Norman, La Rose, La Fleur, La Tour, La Verdure!--Dorimant!--
LADY WOODVILL
Here, here he is among this rout! He names him! Come away, Harriet, come away!
Exeunt Lady Woodvill, Harriet, Busy, and Young Bellair.
DORIMANT
This fool's coming has spoiled all: she's gone. But she has left a pleasing image of herself that wanders in my soul. It must not settle there.
SIR FOPLING
What reverie is this? Speak, man.
DORIMANT
"Snatched from myself, how far behind
Already I behold the shore!"
(Act III, scene iii, p. 115)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
McMillin, Scott, ed. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy. Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton, 1973.
Date of Entry
07/23/2003
