"Nature loves change--Cold night succeeds to morn: / And pity's dark'ning opposite is Scorn"
— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1746, 1753
Metaphor
"Nature loves change--Cold night succeeds to morn: / And pity's dark'ning opposite is Scorn"
Metaphor in Context
Nature loves change--Cold night succeeds to morn:
And pity's dark'ning opposite is Scorn:
Far be this brow-stretch'd arrogance of air,
From misery's doomful claim, in sons of care.--
Ah! minds, (too apt) turn but the look within,
We find pride's image, there, as sure, as sin!
Yet, with such byas, rolls man's will from right,
That search, first, misses, what is most in sight:
Else, how unneedful, to describe a rage,
No player wants power to feel--but on the stage.
And pity's dark'ning opposite is Scorn:
Far be this brow-stretch'd arrogance of air,
From misery's doomful claim, in sons of care.--
Ah! minds, (too apt) turn but the look within,
We find pride's image, there, as sure, as sin!
Yet, with such byas, rolls man's will from right,
That search, first, misses, what is most in sight:
Else, how unneedful, to describe a rage,
No player wants power to feel--but on the stage.
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Provenance
Reading at the Folger Library
Citation
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1746, 1753, 1754, 1779).
Text from The Works of the Late Aaron Hill, 4 vols. (London: Printed for the Benefit of the Family, 1753).
Copy at Folger Library also consulted. Aaron Hill, The Art of Acting. Part 1. Deriving Rules from a New Principle, for Touching the Passions in a Natural Manner. An Essay of General Use. (London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1746).
Text from The Works of the Late Aaron Hill, 4 vols. (London: Printed for the Benefit of the Family, 1753).
Copy at Folger Library also consulted. Aaron Hill, The Art of Acting. Part 1. Deriving Rules from a New Principle, for Touching the Passions in a Natural Manner. An Essay of General Use. (London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1746).
Date of Entry
03/05/2012
