"Hail, happy dawn! thy glorious sun shall rise, / Beam on the dreary night of polar skies; / Chase the thick mists of ignorance away, / And on the darkest mind emit full day."
— Jones, Jenkin [Captain] (fl. 1798)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
M. Allen
Date
1798 [1797?]
Metaphor
"Hail, happy dawn! thy glorious sun shall rise, / Beam on the dreary night of polar skies; / Chase the thick mists of ignorance away, / And on the darkest mind emit full day."
Metaphor in Context
O hail, thou blest anticipated day!
Gild my young Muse with one enlightened ray:
So shall thy light each intellect refine,
Burn in each thought, and glow thro' ev'ry line.
Hail, happy dawn! thy glorious sun shall rise,
Beam on the dreary night of polar skies;
Chase the thick mists of ignorance away,
And on the darkest mind emit full day.
At thy approach Injustice shall retreat,
Astraea shall resume her long-lost seat,
The reign of red-arm'd Tyranny be past,
Oppression cease, and Discord breathe her last;
No more shall men with hate their brethren greet;
No more the slave shall kiss his master's feet;
No more with speechless patience crouching bear
The chains that gall him, and the whips that tear;
No more the wretch, despondent in his grief,
Crawl to a vault, and die without relief.
(pp. 31-2)
Gild my young Muse with one enlightened ray:
So shall thy light each intellect refine,
Burn in each thought, and glow thro' ev'ry line.
Hail, happy dawn! thy glorious sun shall rise,
Beam on the dreary night of polar skies;
Chase the thick mists of ignorance away,
And on the darkest mind emit full day.
At thy approach Injustice shall retreat,
Astraea shall resume her long-lost seat,
The reign of red-arm'd Tyranny be past,
Oppression cease, and Discord breathe her last;
No more shall men with hate their brethren greet;
No more the slave shall kiss his master's feet;
No more with speechless patience crouching bear
The chains that gall him, and the whips that tear;
No more the wretch, despondent in his grief,
Crawl to a vault, and die without relief.
(pp. 31-2)
Categories
Provenance
Reading at the Folger
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1798).
Jenkin Jones, Hobby Horses: A Poetic Allegory (London: Printed for M. Allen, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Jenkin Jones, Hobby Horses: A Poetic Allegory (London: Printed for M. Allen, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
05/16/2013
