"A Scene so sweetly sad, Who fail'd to feel, / Must have an Eye of Flint, or Heart of Steel"
— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. and R. Tonson
Date
1739, 1741
Metaphor
"A Scene so sweetly sad, Who fail'd to feel, / Must have an Eye of Flint, or Heart of Steel"
Metaphor in Context
The sweet Contagion spred like tainted Air;
From Youth to Youth it pass'd, from Fair to Fair.
And many a gen'rous Heart breath'd many a Sigh,
And many a Tear shed many a gentle Eye.
A Scene so sweetly sad, Who fail'd to feel,
Must have an Eye of Flint, or Heart of Steel.
Long Silence follow'd. 'Twas not Time for Speech.
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From Youth to Youth it pass'd, from Fair to Fair.
And many a gen'rous Heart breath'd many a Sigh,
And many a Tear shed many a gentle Eye.
A Scene so sweetly sad, Who fail'd to feel,
Must have an Eye of Flint, or Heart of Steel.
Long Silence follow'd. 'Twas not Time for Speech.
Looks best explain, what Words want Pow'r to reach.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1739, 1741, 1742, 1795).
See Gualtherus and Griselda: or, the Clerk of Oxford’s Tale. From Boccace, Petrarch, and Chaucer. ... By George Ogle, Esq. (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ESTC>
See also Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, Modernis'd by Several Hands. Publish'd by Mr. Ogle, 3 vols. (London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
See Gualtherus and Griselda: or, the Clerk of Oxford’s Tale. From Boccace, Petrarch, and Chaucer. ... By George Ogle, Esq. (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ESTC>
See also Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, Modernis'd by Several Hands. Publish'd by Mr. Ogle, 3 vols. (London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/10/2005
