"Their Hearts made of Stone, or of Steel are, / That are not Adorers of KATE."
— Ramsay, Allan (1684-1758)
Author
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Thomas Ruddiman
Date
1721
Metaphor
"Their Hearts made of Stone, or of Steel are, / That are not Adorers of KATE."
Metaphor in Context
How straight, how well-turn'd, and gentile, are
Her Limbs! and how graceful her Gait!
Their Hearts made of Stone, or of Steel are,
That are not Adorers of KATE.
Her Limbs! and how graceful her Gait!
Their Hearts made of Stone, or of Steel are,
That are not Adorers of KATE.
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "Steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 14 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1721, 1723, 1724, 1727, 1731, 1733, 1751, 1760, 1761, 1776, 1780, 1793, 1797, 1800).
Text from Allan Ramsay, The Works of Allan Ramsay, eds. Burns and Martin, 6 vols. (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1944-1973).
See also Poems by Allan Ramsay (Edinburgh: Thomas Ruddiman, 1721). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Allan Ramsay, The Works of Allan Ramsay, eds. Burns and Martin, 6 vols. (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1944-1973).
See also Poems by Allan Ramsay (Edinburgh: Thomas Ruddiman, 1721). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/10/2005
