"My heart was lighter than a fly, / Like any bird I sung, / Till he pretended love, and I, / Believed his flattering tongue."
— Bickerstaff, Isaac (b. 1733, d. after 1808)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Griffin; for J. Newbury, and W. Nicholl, G. Kearsly
Date
1763
Metaphor
"My heart was lighter than a fly, / Like any bird I sung, / Till he pretended love, and I, / Believed his flattering tongue."
Metaphor in Context
MARG.
A nasty ungrateful fellow, to use me at this rate, after being to him as I have--Well well, I wish all poor girls, wou'd take warning by my mishap, and never have nothing to say to none of them.
AIR. XIII.
How happy were my days till now,
I ne'er did sorrow feel;
I rose with joy to milk my cow,
Or take my spinning wheel.
My heart was lighter than a fly,
Like any bird I sung,
Till he pretended love, and I,
Believed his flattering tongue.
Oh the fool, the silly, silly fool,
Who trusts what man may be;
I wish I was a maid again,
And in my own country.
(I.ix)
A nasty ungrateful fellow, to use me at this rate, after being to him as I have--Well well, I wish all poor girls, wou'd take warning by my mishap, and never have nothing to say to none of them.
AIR. XIII.
How happy were my days till now,
I ne'er did sorrow feel;
I rose with joy to milk my cow,
Or take my spinning wheel.
My heart was lighter than a fly,
Like any bird I sung,
Till he pretended love, and I,
Believed his flattering tongue.
Oh the fool, the silly, silly fool,
Who trusts what man may be;
I wish I was a maid again,
And in my own country.
(I.ix)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "bird" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
See also Love in a Village; a Comic Opera (Dublin: Printed for W. Smith, Sen. A. Leathley, J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, Eliz. Watts, W. Sleator, W. Whitestone, T. and J. Whitehouse, J. Potts, S. Watson, 1763). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/29/2012
