"Down from her Chariot light-wing'd Fancy flew, / And o'er him, loose, her Starry Mantle threw."
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Wilford
Date
1730
Metaphor
"Down from her Chariot light-wing'd Fancy flew, / And o'er him, loose, her Starry Mantle threw."
Metaphor in Context
Careless, he look'd, yet, heedful of his Way,
Broke the kind Current's unobstructing Sway,
That kiss'd his Oars, and hasten'd to obey:
Scarce was his Course oblique, for each glad Boat,
That, envious, stem'd all other's rival Float,
Fix'd, and enchanted, when this Youth drew nigh,
Hung on his passing Notes, and help'd him by:
The Muses row'd him, and the Graces' Care
Trim'd his light Sails, and spread them to the Air;
In his Boat's Bottom green-ey'd Envy lay,
And serv'd, as Ballast, while she clog'd his way:
Down from her Chariot light-wing'd Fancy flew,
And o'er him, loose, her Starry Mantle threw;
Pleasure, Praise, Beauty, 'twixt his Shrowds trod gay,
And danc'd the measur'd Moments soft away:
Sportful as ZEPHYRS, in his Smiles, they strove,
And the Young Loves forsook their Mother's Grove.
(pp. 25-6)
Broke the kind Current's unobstructing Sway,
That kiss'd his Oars, and hasten'd to obey:
Scarce was his Course oblique, for each glad Boat,
That, envious, stem'd all other's rival Float,
Fix'd, and enchanted, when this Youth drew nigh,
Hung on his passing Notes, and help'd him by:
The Muses row'd him, and the Graces' Care
Trim'd his light Sails, and spread them to the Air;
In his Boat's Bottom green-ey'd Envy lay,
And serv'd, as Ballast, while she clog'd his way:
Down from her Chariot light-wing'd Fancy flew,
And o'er him, loose, her Starry Mantle threw;
Pleasure, Praise, Beauty, 'twixt his Shrowds trod gay,
And danc'd the measur'd Moments soft away:
Sportful as ZEPHYRS, in his Smiles, they strove,
And the Young Loves forsook their Mother's Grove.
(pp. 25-6)
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Citation
Aaron Hill, The Progress of Wit: a Caveat. For the Use of an Eminent Writer. By a Fellow of All-Souls. To which is prefix'd, an Explanatory Discourse to the Reader. By Gamaliel Gunson, Professor of Physick and Astrology. (London: Printed for J. Wilford, 1730). <Link to Google Books>
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Date of Entry
06/21/2013
