"Here Arlington, thy mighty Mind disdains / Inferior Earth, and breaks its servile Chains, / Aloft on Contemplations Wings you rise, / Scorn all below and mingle with the Skies."
— Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)
Author
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed by Mr. Thomas and Walter Ruddimans
Date
1731
Metaphor
"Here Arlington, thy mighty Mind disdains / Inferior Earth, and breaks its servile Chains, / Aloft on Contemplations Wings you rise, / Scorn all below and mingle with the Skies."
Metaphor in Context
Here Arlington, thy mighty Mind disdains
Inferior Earth, and breaks its servile Chains,
Aloft on Contemplations Wings you rise,
Scorn all below and mingle with the Skies;
Where rais'd by great Philosophy you soar,
And Worlds remote, in boundless Space explore;
There from your Height, divine with Pity view,
The various Cares that busy Men pursue:
Where each by diff'rent Ways aspires to gain
Uncertain Happiness with certain Pain:
While you, well pleas'd, th'exalted Raptures know,
That do from conscious Truth and Virtue flow;
And blessing all, by all around you blest,
You taste the Earnest of eternal Rest.
(pp. 37-8)
Inferior Earth, and breaks its servile Chains,
Aloft on Contemplations Wings you rise,
Scorn all below and mingle with the Skies;
Where rais'd by great Philosophy you soar,
And Worlds remote, in boundless Space explore;
There from your Height, divine with Pity view,
The various Cares that busy Men pursue:
Where each by diff'rent Ways aspires to gain
Uncertain Happiness with certain Pain:
While you, well pleas'd, th'exalted Raptures know,
That do from conscious Truth and Virtue flow;
And blessing all, by all around you blest,
You taste the Earnest of eternal Rest.
(pp. 37-8)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "chain" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1731, 1734).
See Translations and Poems Written on Several Subjects. (Edinburgh: Printed by Mr. Thomas and Walter Ruddimans, 1731). <Link to ESTC> <Link to Google Books>
See Translations and Poems Written on Several Subjects. (Edinburgh: Printed by Mr. Thomas and Walter Ruddimans, 1731). <Link to ESTC> <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
07/14/2011
