"By steel may bodies be confin'd, / But love, my Orra, chains the mind."
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Family
Date
1753
Metaphor
"By steel may bodies be confin'd, / But love, my Orra, chains the mind."
Metaphor in Context
No, no--I'll burst each wint'ry bar,
Thy chain, O love! is strongest far!
By steel may bodies be confin'd,
But love, my Orra, chains the mind.
(IV, p. 50)
Thy chain, O love! is strongest far!
By steel may bodies be confin'd,
But love, my Orra, chains the mind.
(IV, p. 50)
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Provenance
Searching "mind" and "chains" 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><Link to Google Books>
Cf. Spectator, No. 366 (April 30, 1712)
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><Link to Google Books>
Cf. Spectator, No. 366 (April 30, 1712)
Date of Entry
07/15/2011
