The soul may be stolen from a "list'ning" virgin's heart
— Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691/2)
Work Title
Date
1676
Metaphor
The soul may be stolen from a "list'ning" virgin's heart
Metaphor in Context
As Amoret with Phillis sat
One evening on the plain,
And saw the charming Strephon wait
To tell the nymph his pain,
The threat'ning danger to remove,
She whispered in his ear,
"Ah Phillis, if you would not love,
This shepherd do not hear:
None ever had so strange an art,
His passion to convey
Into a list'ning virgin's heart
And steal her soul away.
(Act V, scene ii, p. 143)
One evening on the plain,
And saw the charming Strephon wait
To tell the nymph his pain,
The threat'ning danger to remove,
She whispered in his ear,
"Ah Phillis, if you would not love,
This shepherd do not hear:
None ever had so strange an art,
His passion to convey
Into a list'ning virgin's heart
And steal her soul away.
(Act V, scene ii, p. 143)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
McMillin, Scott, ed. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy. Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton, 1973.
Date of Entry
07/23/2003
