"Though my Heart were as frozen as Ice, / At his Flame 'twould have melted away."
— Gay, John (1685-1732)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Watts
Date
1728
Metaphor
"Though my Heart were as frozen as Ice, / At his Flame 'twould have melted away."
Metaphor in Context
AIR VIII.
Grim King of the Ghosts, &c.
POLLY.
Can Love be controul'd by Advice?
Will Cupid our Mothers obey?
Though my Heart were as frozen as Ice,
At his Flame 'twould have melted away.
When he kist me so closely he prest,
'Twas so sweet that I must have comply'd:
So I thought it both safest and best
To marry, for fear you should chide.
(I.viii)
Grim King of the Ghosts, &c.
POLLY.
Can Love be controul'd by Advice?
Will Cupid our Mothers obey?
Though my Heart were as frozen as Ice,
At his Flame 'twould have melted away.
When he kist me so closely he prest,
'Twas so sweet that I must have comply'd:
So I thought it both safest and best
To marry, for fear you should chide.
(I.viii)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
The Beggar's Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay (London: Printed for John Watts, 1728). <Link to ECCO>
Extremely popular and often reprinted, with ninety some entries in the ESTC. Reading Penguin edition, edited by Bryan Loughrey and T.O. Treadwell, which is based on the third, quarto, edition of 1729.
Extremely popular and often reprinted, with ninety some entries in the ESTC. Reading Penguin edition, edited by Bryan Loughrey and T.O. Treadwell, which is based on the third, quarto, edition of 1729.
Date of Entry
06/28/2013
