"Rouse, from their roots in earth, hearts, hard as steel, / And teach, once more, the trees, and beasts, to feel!"
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Benefit of the Family
Date
1753
Metaphor
"Rouse, from their roots in earth, hearts, hard as steel, / And teach, once more, the trees, and beasts, to feel!"
Metaphor in Context
The three great powers, that shake the human heart,
Are musick, eloquence, and paintive art:
Picture and eloquence, already, charm,
In every tearful page, divinely warm!
Oh! let tun'd numbers fill th' illustrious trine:
In some new work, let added musick shine,
Let his next wreath, the Poet's Ivy claim:
And his own verse immortalize his name.
Verse, so inspir'd, inspiring, and combin'd,
Would pour th' enrapt'ring virtues, o'er the mind;
Rouse, from their roots in earth, hearts, hard as steel,
And teach, once more, the trees, and beasts, to feel!
Are musick, eloquence, and paintive art:
Picture and eloquence, already, charm,
In every tearful page, divinely warm!
Oh! let tun'd numbers fill th' illustrious trine:
In some new work, let added musick shine,
Let his next wreath, the Poet's Ivy claim:
And his own verse immortalize his name.
Verse, so inspir'd, inspiring, and combin'd,
Would pour th' enrapt'ring virtues, o'er the mind;
Rouse, from their roots in earth, hearts, hard as steel,
And teach, once more, the trees, and beasts, to feel!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1753, 1754).
Text from The Works of the Late Aaron Hill, Esq; in Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, and of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With an Essay on the Art of Acting. (London: Printed for the benefit of the family, 1753). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Works of the Late Aaron Hill, Esq; in Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, and of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With an Essay on the Art of Acting. (London: Printed for the benefit of the family, 1753). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
06/10/2005
