"Thou, superior to the Frowns / Of Fate, can'st pour thy Sunshine o'er the Soul, / And brighten Woe to Rapture!"
— Brown, John (1715-1766)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper
Date
1755
Metaphor
"Thou, superior to the Frowns / Of Fate, can'st pour thy Sunshine o'er the Soul, / And brighten Woe to Rapture!"
Metaphor in Context
SELIM.
Now, swelling Heart,
Indulge the Luxury of Grief! Flow Tears!
And rain down Transport in the Shape of Sorrow!
Yes, I have sooth'd her Woes; have found her Noble:
And to have giv'n this Respite to her Pangs,
O'erpays all Pain and Peril!--Pow'rful Virtue!
How infinite thy Joys, when ev'n thy Griefs
Are pleasing!--Thou, superior to the Frowns
Of Fate, can'st pour thy Sunshine o'er the Soul,
And brighten Woe to Rapture!
(pp. 47-8)
Now, swelling Heart,
Indulge the Luxury of Grief! Flow Tears!
And rain down Transport in the Shape of Sorrow!
Yes, I have sooth'd her Woes; have found her Noble:
And to have giv'n this Respite to her Pangs,
O'erpays all Pain and Peril!--Pow'rful Virtue!
How infinite thy Joys, when ev'n thy Griefs
Are pleasing!--Thou, superior to the Frowns
Of Fate, can'st pour thy Sunshine o'er the Soul,
And brighten Woe to Rapture!
(pp. 47-8)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
At least 23 entries in ESTC (1755, 1756, 1757, 1760, 1762, 1770, 1771, 1774, 1777, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1794, 1795).
See Barbarossa: A Tragedy. As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1755). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
See Barbarossa: A Tragedy. As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. (London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1755). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014
