"I fear my breast wants room for the excessive joy; is stuck round with the darts of your Beauty, like an Orange that is stuck with Cloves."

— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)

Author

D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)

Work Title

The Royalist. A Comedy: As it is Acted at The Duke's Theatre.

Place of Publication
London
Date
1682
Metaphor
"I fear my breast wants room for the excessive joy; is stuck round with the darts of your Beauty, like an Orange that is stuck with Cloves."
Metaphor in Context
EITHER
Dear Madam, your words have so pow'rfull an influence upon me, that I fear my breast wants room for the excessive joy; is stuck round with the darts of your Beauty, like an Orange that is stuck with Cloves.
Categories
Container Eating and Drinking::Food::Orange
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
08/29/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.