"Where shall a thoughtless youth this treasure find? / This art of judgment, that becalms the mind? / Chains anger short; and sets reflection free, / Gives tumult temper---and makes fortune see?"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Author

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Work Title

The Thoughts of a Cadet, the first Time upon Duty. [from The Works]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Benefit of the Family
Date
1753
Metaphor
"Where shall a thoughtless youth this treasure find? / This art of judgment, that becalms the mind? / Chains anger short; and sets reflection free, / Gives tumult temper---and makes fortune see?"
Metaphor in Context
Where shall a thoughtless youth this treasure find?
This art of judgment, that becalms the mind?
Chains anger short; and sets reflection free,
Gives tumult temper---and makes fortune see?
(p. 105)
Categories
Uncategorized::Treasure Fetters::Chains
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "chain" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1753, 1754).

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><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
07/15/2011

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.