"Love, in a chain of converse, bound mankind, / And polish'd, and awak'd the rugged mind."
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
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London
Date
1726, 1753
Metaphor
"Love, in a chain of converse, bound mankind, / And polish'd, and awak'd the rugged mind."
Metaphor in Context
By love's soft force, all nature is refin'd,
The dull made sprightly, and the cruel, kind:
Gently, the stubborn passions learn to move,
And savage hearts are humaniz'd, by love:
Love, in a chain of converse, bound mankind,
And polish'd, and awak'd the rugged mind:
Justice, truth, pity, openness of heart,
Courage, politeness, eloquence, and art,
That gen'rous fire, with which ambition flames,
And all th' unsleeping soul's divinest aims,
Touch'd, by the warmth of love, burn up more bright,
Proud of the god-like pow'r, to give delight.
(pp. 207-8; cf. pp. 202-3 in 1726 miscellany)
The dull made sprightly, and the cruel, kind:
Gently, the stubborn passions learn to move,
And savage hearts are humaniz'd, by love:
Love, in a chain of converse, bound mankind,
And polish'd, and awak'd the rugged mind:
Justice, truth, pity, openness of heart,
Courage, politeness, eloquence, and art,
That gen'rous fire, with which ambition flames,
And all th' unsleeping soul's divinest aims,
Touch'd, by the warmth of love, burn up more bright,
Proud of the god-like pow'r, to give delight.
(pp. 207-8; cf. pp. 202-3 in 1726 miscellany)
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At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1726, 1753, 1754).
See Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. By Several Hands. Publish’d by Richard Savage, Son of the Late Earl Rivers. (London: Printed for Samuel Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1726). <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>
See Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. By Several Hands. Publish’d by Richard Savage, Son of the Late Earl Rivers. (London: Printed for Samuel Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1726). <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>
Date of Entry
06/11/2014
