"Herald vengeance! swift arise! / Shell, with steel, thy flinty heart!"
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Benefit of the Family
Date
1753
Metaphor
"Herald vengeance! swift arise! / Shell, with steel, thy flinty heart!"
Metaphor in Context
Stay! and, e'er we farther go,
Let our great meaning be aloud proclaim'd!
Our deeds shall be as just, as fam'd!
Friends, and enemies shall know,
Why we make war; and what we mean to do!
Herald vengeance! swift arise!
Shell, with steel, thy flinty heart!
And since, by nature, blind thou art;
Bury thy lifted hand, in yonder skies,
And pluck two comets, down, to serve for eyes,
Dawb thy dismal face with blood!
And, with extensive stride, crossing the trembling flood!
Of fire-embroider'd smoke, throw on a wind-shook robe,
And shoot thy shadow over half the globe!
In thy right hand, lift quiv'ring light'nings high!
Hardly held, and mad to fly!
From thy rais'd left, let heaven's loud bolt be hurl'd;
And roll th' alarming thunder round the world!
When wak'd attention pricks her frighted ear,
And stalking apprehension pants, with fear!
When all the starting nations, upward, look,
By convulsive horror shook!
Borrow the northern wind's big voice, and then!
Three times pronounce, O yes! and, thus, address the sons of Men!
Let our great meaning be aloud proclaim'd!
Our deeds shall be as just, as fam'd!
Friends, and enemies shall know,
Why we make war; and what we mean to do!
Herald vengeance! swift arise!
Shell, with steel, thy flinty heart!
And since, by nature, blind thou art;
Bury thy lifted hand, in yonder skies,
And pluck two comets, down, to serve for eyes,
Dawb thy dismal face with blood!
And, with extensive stride, crossing the trembling flood!
Of fire-embroider'd smoke, throw on a wind-shook robe,
And shoot thy shadow over half the globe!
In thy right hand, lift quiv'ring light'nings high!
Hardly held, and mad to fly!
From thy rais'd left, let heaven's loud bolt be hurl'd;
And roll th' alarming thunder round the world!
When wak'd attention pricks her frighted ear,
And stalking apprehension pants, with fear!
When all the starting nations, upward, look,
By convulsive horror shook!
Borrow the northern wind's big voice, and then!
Three times pronounce, O yes! and, thus, address the sons of Men!
Categories
Provenance
Searching 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
