"Bless his protective hand, that calls out Arts, / And hail his Empire, o'er a people's hearts."
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Benefit of the Family
Date
w. 1736?, 1753
Metaphor
"Bless his protective hand, that calls out Arts, / And hail his Empire, o'er a people's hearts."
Metaphor in Context
Go, Muse! nor vainly mourn Britannia stray'd,
In faction, roughning, or dissolv'd, in trade;
Tasteless of letters; yet, to Fame, inclin'd,
Busily viewless, and profoundly blind:
Go, to thy Country's Hope, invoke his care;
Watch, if he smiles, and, then, suspend despair;
Bless his protective hand, that calls out Arts,
And hail his Empire, o'er a people's hearts.
In faction, roughning, or dissolv'd, in trade;
Tasteless of letters; yet, to Fame, inclin'd,
Busily viewless, and profoundly blind:
Go, to thy Country's Hope, invoke his care;
Watch, if he smiles, and, then, suspend despair;
Bless his protective hand, that calls out Arts,
And hail his Empire, o'er a people's hearts.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1753, 1754).
Hill translation of Voltaire's Alzira was first published in 1736.
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>
Hill translation of Voltaire's Alzira was first published in 1736.
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
08/22/2004
Date of Review
01/06/2012
