Injur'd Reason may "her lost rights again / Resume, and of the passions take the rein"
— Hitchcock, Robert (d. 1809)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
York
Publisher
Printed by A. Ward
Date
1773
Metaphor
Injur'd Reason may "her lost rights again / Resume, and of the passions take the rein"
Metaphor in Context
When Folly, with dame Fashion's forces join'd,
Usurp'd inglorious empire o'er mankind;
When Virtue sunk beneath the iron-hand
Of Vice, who stalk'd gigantic thro' the land,
Oft has Thalia, fir'd with generous rage,
Lash'd the proud tyrants on th' instructive Stage,
Unmask'd their every art, then headlong hurl'd
From their high thrones those sovereigns of our world;
Bid injur'd Reason her lost rights again
Resume, and of the passions take the rein;
Whilst fickle Fashion own'd her ruling hand,
And fix'd the mode, or alter'd, at her dread command.
Usurp'd inglorious empire o'er mankind;
When Virtue sunk beneath the iron-hand
Of Vice, who stalk'd gigantic thro' the land,
Oft has Thalia, fir'd with generous rage,
Lash'd the proud tyrants on th' instructive Stage,
Unmask'd their every art, then headlong hurl'd
From their high thrones those sovereigns of our world;
Bid injur'd Reason her lost rights again
Resume, and of the passions take the rein;
Whilst fickle Fashion own'd her ruling hand,
And fix'd the mode, or alter'd, at her dread command.
Categories
Provenance
Searching HDIS (Drama)
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1773, 1774).
Robert Hitchcock, The Macaroni. A Comedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in York. (York: printed by A. Ward, 1773). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Robert Hitchcock, The Macaroni. A Comedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in York. (York: printed by A. Ward, 1773). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
07/14/2004
