"Hap'ly some noble Youth shall in your Breast / Kindle the pure, the gentle Flame, and prove / As dear to you, as Aribert to me."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
November 25, 1707; 1708
Metaphor
"Hap'ly some noble Youth shall in your Breast / Kindle the pure, the gentle Flame, and prove / As dear to you, as Aribert to me."
Metaphor in Context
ETHELINDA.
Nor will you think it
[To Rodogune.]
A Crime to love, for that I love is true.
In your fair Eyes I read your native Goodness.
Hap'ly some noble Youth shall in your Breast
Kindle the pure, the gentle Flame, and prove
As dear to you, as Aribert to me.
Would it be just that you should die for loving?
Think but on that, and I shall find your Pity;
For Pity sure and Mercy dwell with Love.
(IV.i, p. 43)
Nor will you think it
[To Rodogune.]
A Crime to love, for that I love is true.
In your fair Eyes I read your native Goodness.
Hap'ly some noble Youth shall in your Breast
Kindle the pure, the gentle Flame, and prove
As dear to you, as Aribert to me.
Would it be just that you should die for loving?
Think but on that, and I shall find your Pity;
For Pity sure and Mercy dwell with Love.
(IV.i, p. 43)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
First performed November 25, 1707. Thirty-three entries in ESTC (1708, 1714, 1719, 1720, 1725, 1726, 1728, 1733, 1736, 1757, 1764, 1765, 1768, 1774, 1776, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1791, 1794, 1795).
The Royal Convert. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market. By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants. Written by N. Rowe (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1708). <Link to ECCO>
The Royal Convert. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market. By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants. Written by N. Rowe (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1708). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/25/2013
