"Worthy possess'd my will--my Lord my eye, / Grinly my spleen--my scorn Sir Lubberly. / Chip had my laughter;--every Man his part, / And room for forty more, in woman's heart."
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Benefit of the Family
Date
1753
Metaphor
"Worthy possess'd my will--my Lord my eye, / Grinly my spleen--my scorn Sir Lubberly. / Chip had my laughter;--every Man his part, / And room for forty more, in woman's heart."
Metaphor in Context
Surrounded, as I was, by slaves, to night,
Troth, I e'en thought, to take all five--was right!
Since I'd enough for all--what harm, to barter,
And deal with each, for his own, separate quarter?
Worthy possess'd my will--my Lord my eye,
Grinly my spleen--my scorn Sir Lubberly.
Chip had my laughter;--every Man his part,
And room for forty more, in woman's heart,
(IV, p. 110-1)
Troth, I e'en thought, to take all five--was right!
Since I'd enough for all--what harm, to barter,
And deal with each, for his own, separate quarter?
Worthy possess'd my will--my Lord my eye,
Grinly my spleen--my scorn Sir Lubberly.
Chip had my laughter;--every Man his part,
And room for forty more, in woman's heart,
(IV, p. 110-1)
Categories
Provenance
Searching 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>
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
08/29/2005
Date of Review
01/12/2012
