"Heedless of fortune then look down on state, / Balanced within by reason's conscious weight"
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750); Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1726, 1753
Metaphor
"Heedless of fortune then look down on state, / Balanced within by reason's conscious weight"
Metaphor in Context
Heedless of fortune then look down on state,
Balanced within by reason's conscious weight:
Divinely proud of independent will,
Prince of your passions, live their sovereign still.
He who stoops safe beneath a patron's shade
Shines, like the moon, but by another's aid;
Free truth should open and unbias'd steer,
Strong as heaven's heat, and as its brightness clear.
Balanced within by reason's conscious weight:
Divinely proud of independent will,
Prince of your passions, live their sovereign still.
He who stoops safe beneath a patron's shade
Shines, like the moon, but by another's aid;
Free truth should open and unbias'd steer,
Strong as heaven's heat, and as its brightness clear.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1726, 1753)
See Aaron Hill, "To Mr. Thomson," text from Winter. By James Thomson. A Poem. 2nd ed. (London: Printed by N. Blandford, at Charing-Cross, for J. Millan, at Lock's-Head in Shug-Lane, near the Hay-Market, and the next bookseller to the Horse-Guards, 1726). <Link to ECCO>
See Aaron Hill, "To Mr. Thomson," text from Winter. By James Thomson. A Poem. 2nd ed. (London: Printed by N. Blandford, at Charing-Cross, for J. Millan, at Lock's-Head in Shug-Lane, near the Hay-Market, and the next bookseller to the Horse-Guards, 1726). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
12/11/2006
