"When Gene'rous Duckett fell in all his Prime, / That Iron Heart which ne'er before did bend / Broke into Tears, and melted for a Friend."
— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Lewis
Date
1709
Metaphor
"When Gene'rous Duckett fell in all his Prime, / That Iron Heart which ne'er before did bend / Broke into Tears, and melted for a Friend."
Metaphor in Context
Yet tho' all Flame, and daring to a Crime,
When Gene'rous Duckett fell in all his Prime,
That Iron Heart which ne'er before did bend
Broke into Tears, and melted for a Friend.
When Gene'rous Duckett fell in all his Prime,
That Iron Heart which ne'er before did bend
Broke into Tears, and melted for a Friend.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
The Works of Mr. Robert Gould: In Two Volumes. Consisting of those Poems and Satyrs Which were formerly Printed, and Corrected since by the Author; As also of the many more which He Design'd for the Press. Publish'd from his Own Original Copies (London: W. Lewis, 1709). <Link to ECCO>
Theme
Conscience
Date of Entry
06/07/2005
