Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

The Muse's Expostulation, With a Lady, Who Denied Herself the Freedom of Friendship, from Too Delicate an Apprehension of the World's Mistaken Censure.

London

1734, 1753

"Souls have no sexes; and if minds agree, / Parting is dying, to set fancy free."

When bodies only are to bodies dear,
The danger there consists in being near;
And, when the fair, the soft contagion spy,
Discretion calls 'em--and 'tis wise, to fly.
But, where associate spirits catch the flame,
Flight is a cruel, and a fruitless aim.
Souls have no sexes; and if minds agree,
Parting is dying, to set fancy free.
(p. 27; cf. pp. 21-2 in 1734 miscellany)

Body::Sex

Reading

At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1734, 1753, 1754).

Found in The Scarborough Miscellany for the Year 1733. a Collection of Original Poems, Tales, Songs, Epigrams, &c. (London: Printed for J. Wilford, behind the Chapter-House in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1734). <Link to ESTC>

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>

06/11/2014