work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
7551,"",C-H Lion,2013-07-20 20:33:55 UTC,"JANE SHORE.
Away, you Flatterer!
Nor charge his generous Meaning with a Weakness,
Which his great Soul and Vertue must disdain.
Too much of Love thy hapless Friend has prov'd,
Too many giddy foolish Hours are gone,
And in fantastick Measures danc'd away:
May the remaining few know only Friendship.
So thou, my dearest, truest, best Alicia,
Vouchsafe to lodge me in thy gentle Heart,
A Partner there; I will give up Mankind,
Forget the Transports of encreasing Passion,
And all the Pangs we feel for its Decay.
ALICIA.
Live! live and Reign for ever in my Bosom,
[Embracing.]
Safe and unrivall'd there possess thy own;
And you, ye brightest of the Stars above,
Ye Saints that once were Women here below.
Be witness of the Truth, the holy Friendship,
Which here to this my other self I vow.
If I not hold her nearer to my Soul,
Then ev'ry other Joy the World can give,
Let Poverty, Deformity and Shame,
Distraction and Despair seize me on Earth,
Let not my faithless Ghost have Peace hereafter.
Nor Tast the Bliss of your coelestial Fellowship.
(I.ii, p. 10)",,21888,"","""So thou, my dearest, truest, best Alicia, / Vouchsafe to lodge me in thy gentle Heart, / A Partner there; I will give up Mankind, / Forget the Transports of encreasing Passion, / And all the Pangs we feel for its Decay.""",Rooms,2013-07-20 20:33:55 UTC,"Act I, scene ii"
4193,"",LION,2013-08-17 22:59:51 UTC,"DOGGRELL
Fair Lady, show your self a generous Conqueror; and since I am taken Captive by your Charms, and bound in the Golden Chains of your Beauty, throw me not into the Dungeon of Disdain, but rather confine me in the pleasing Mansions of your Bosom; where my Heart will glory in its Captivity, and despise the less Substantial Joys of Liberty.
ALISON, WIFE OF BATH
These fine things might ensnare a Heart disposed to Love, but you are sensible, Sir, I have already devoted mine to another Service.--You Men of Wit are general Lovers of the whole Sex, and think to try the Strength of every Lady's Resolutions at the small Expence of a Sonnet.--Come, Sir,--I know Poets and Knights Errant can never subsist without a Mistress--for Love is as well a Spur to Wit as Valour.--
(III.ii, p. 32)",,22316,"","""Fair Lady, show your self a generous Conqueror; and since I am taken Captive by your Charms, and bound in the Golden Chains of your Beauty, throw me not into the Dungeon of Disdain, but rather confine me in the pleasing Mansions of your Bosom; where my Heart will glory in its Captivity, and despise the less Substantial Joys of Liberty.""",Rooms,2013-08-17 22:59:51 UTC,"Act III, scene ii"