"This rising day / Saw Sophonisba, from the height of life, / Thrown to the very brink of slavery: / State, honours, armies vanquish'd; nothing left / But her own great unconquerable mind."
— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1730
Metaphor
"This rising day / Saw Sophonisba, from the height of life, / Thrown to the very brink of slavery: / State, honours, armies vanquish'd; nothing left / But her own great unconquerable mind."
Metaphor in Context
PHOENISSA.
Hail queen of Masæsylia once again!
And fair Massylia join'd! This rising day
Saw Sophonisba, from the height of life,
Thrown to the very brink of slavery:
State, honours, armies vanquish'd; nothing left
But her own great unconquerable mind.
And yet, ere evening comes, to larger power
Restor'd, I see my royal friend; and kneel
In grateful homage to the Gods, and her.
(IV.i)
Hail queen of Masæsylia once again!
And fair Massylia join'd! This rising day
Saw Sophonisba, from the height of life,
Thrown to the very brink of slavery:
State, honours, armies vanquish'd; nothing left
But her own great unconquerable mind.
And yet, ere evening comes, to larger power
Restor'd, I see my royal friend; and kneel
In grateful homage to the Gods, and her.
(IV.i)
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Provenance
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Citation
At least 22 entries in the ESTC (1730, 1735, 1736, 1738, 1744, ).
See James Thomas. The Tragedy of Sophonisba. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1730. <Link to UVA Library>
See James Thomas. The Tragedy of Sophonisba. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1730. <Link to UVA Library>
Date of Entry
06/16/2010
