"Were it a crime in flashing souls, to rise, / And strike each other thro' the meeting eyes; / Those op'ning windows had not let in light, / Nor stream'd ideas out, to voice the sight."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Author

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Work Title

The Muse's Expostulation, With a Lady, Who Denied Herself the Freedom of Friendship, from Too Delicate an Apprehension of the World's Mistaken Censure.

Place of Publication
London
Date
1734, 1753
Metaphor
"Were it a crime in flashing souls, to rise, / And strike each other thro' the meeting eyes; / Those op'ning windows had not let in light, / Nor stream'd ideas out, to voice the sight."
Metaphor in Context
Whence grew society, so wish'd an art,
If the mind's elegance betrays the heart?
Were it a crime in flashing souls, to rise,
And strike each other thro' the meeting eyes;
Those op'ning windows had not let in light,
Nor stream'd ideas out, to voice the sight.
(Cf. p. 22 in 1734 miscellany)
Categories
Architecture::Window Light
Provenance
Searching "idea" and "window" in HDIS (Poetry); found again in ECCO.
Citation
At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1734, 1753, 1754).

Found in The Scarborough Miscellany for the Year 1733. a Collection of Original Poems, Tales, Songs, Epigrams, &c. (London: Printed for J. Wilford, behind the Chapter-House in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1734). <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
01/25/2006

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.