"While Hood-wink'd Ignorance her Reign resign'd, / Reason resum'd her Empire o'er the Mind"
— Sewell, George (1690-1726)
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Work Title
Date
w. 1714, 1719, 1728
Metaphor
"While Hood-wink'd Ignorance her Reign resign'd, / Reason resum'd her Empire o'er the Mind"
Metaphor in Context
They soonest pierc'd the Church's darksome Gloom,
And snatch'd Religion from the Chains of Rome;
Taught Bright-ey'd Faith to soar above the Skies,
And leave her Legends, Venerable Lies;
Then Superstition, of a motley Hue,
With all her Idol-Saints and Gods withdrew;
While Hood-wink'd Ignorance her Reign resign'd,
Reason resum'd her Empire o'er the Mind.
(Cf. pp. 23-24 in Poems)
And snatch'd Religion from the Chains of Rome;
Taught Bright-ey'd Faith to soar above the Skies,
And leave her Legends, Venerable Lies;
Then Superstition, of a motley Hue,
With all her Idol-Saints and Gods withdrew;
While Hood-wink'd Ignorance her Reign resign'd,
Reason resum'd her Empire o'er the Mind.
(Cf. pp. 23-24 in Poems)
Provenance
Searching "empire" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry); Found again searching "empire" and "reason" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1719, 1728).
See Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. Sewell. (London: Printed for E. Curll and J. Pemberton in Fleetstreet, 1719). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Posthumours [Sic] Works of Dr. George Sewell, Late of Hampstead, Physician. Viz. I. the Tragedy of King Richard the First. II. an Essay on the Usefulness of Snails in Medicine. III. Two Moral Essays, on the Government of the Thoughts, and on Death. To Which Are Added, Poems on Several Occasions, Publishe[d] in His Life-Time. (London: Printed for Henry Curll in Clement’s-Inn, 1728). <Link to ESTC>
See Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. Sewell. (London: Printed for E. Curll and J. Pemberton in Fleetstreet, 1719). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Posthumours [Sic] Works of Dr. George Sewell, Late of Hampstead, Physician. Viz. I. the Tragedy of King Richard the First. II. an Essay on the Usefulness of Snails in Medicine. III. Two Moral Essays, on the Government of the Thoughts, and on Death. To Which Are Added, Poems on Several Occasions, Publishe[d] in His Life-Time. (London: Printed for Henry Curll in Clement’s-Inn, 1728). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
08/11/2004
