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Genre:
"Poetry"
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Work title:
"The Muse's Expostulation, With a Lady, Who Denied Herself the Freedom of Friendship, from Too Delicate an Apprehension of the World's Mistaken Censure"
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Metaphor Category:
"Light"
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Literary Period:
"Augustan"
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Date: 1734, 1753
"Were it a crime in flashing souls, to rise, / And strike each other thro' the meeting eyes; / Those op'ning windows had not let in light, / Nor stream'd ideas out, to voice the sight."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1734, 1753
"Love's generous warmth does reason's pow'r display, / And fills desire, as light embodies day."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)