"Through all our proceedings let reason bear rule"

— Mather, Joseph (1737-1804)

Author

Mather, Joseph (1737-1804)

Work Title

Song III. Mr. Batty's Mule [from The Songs of Joseph Mather: To which are added a memoir of Mather, and miscellaneous songs relating to Sheffield. With introduction and notes by John Wilson]

Place of Publication
Sheffield
Publisher
Pawson and Brailsford
Date
1862
Metaphor
"Through all our proceedings let reason bear rule"
Metaphor in Context
Many who bear the Christian name
  Frequently upon their reason intrude;
Then why should we this animal blame,
  Since with that he was never endued.
Then let us study sound wisdom to nurse,
Lest like him we grow older and worse;
Through all our proceedings let reason bear rule,
For man is by nature more frail than a mule.
Categories
Government::Rule and Subjection::Rule of Reason
Provenance
Searching "rule" and "reason" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/17/2004

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