"Thrice shou'd Rebellion rear her Head, / With Front of Brass, but Heart of Lead"
— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author, and Sold by R. Manby, and H. S. Cox
Date
1745
Metaphor
"Thrice shou'd Rebellion rear her Head, / With Front of Brass, but Heart of Lead"
Metaphor in Context
Thrice shou'd Rebellion rear her Head,
With Front of Brass, but Heart of Lead,
Still bent upon Restoring;
Before my Sons thrice shall she fly,
Thrice at their Feet in vain shall lie
Wives for their Lords imploring.
(p. 275 in Whaley, p. 10 in Browne's reprint)
With Front of Brass, but Heart of Lead,
Still bent upon Restoring;
Before my Sons thrice shall she fly,
Thrice at their Feet in vain shall lie
Wives for their Lords imploring.
(p. 275 in Whaley, p. 10 in Browne's reprint)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry); found also in ECCO
Citation
3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1745, 1765).
Text from A Collection of Original Poems and Translations. By John Whaley, M. A. Fellow of King’s-College, Cambridge. (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by R. Manby, and H.S. Cox, on Ludgate-Hill, 1745). <Link to ESTC>
See also Ode. In Imitation of Horace, Ode III. L. iii. Iustum Ac Tenacem Propositi Virum. Addressed to the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole: On Ceasing to Be Minister. February VI. MDCCXLI. Designed a Just Panegyric, on a Great Minister, the Glorious Revolution, Protestant Succession, and Principles of Liberty. To Which Is Added the Original Ode, Defended, in Commentariolo. By Sir William Browne, M.D. (London: Printed, and sold, by W. Owen, near Temple-Bar, 1765). <Link to ESTC>
Text from A Collection of Original Poems and Translations. By John Whaley, M. A. Fellow of King’s-College, Cambridge. (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by R. Manby, and H.S. Cox, on Ludgate-Hill, 1745). <Link to ESTC>
See also Ode. In Imitation of Horace, Ode III. L. iii. Iustum Ac Tenacem Propositi Virum. Addressed to the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole: On Ceasing to Be Minister. February VI. MDCCXLI. Designed a Just Panegyric, on a Great Minister, the Glorious Revolution, Protestant Succession, and Principles of Liberty. To Which Is Added the Original Ode, Defended, in Commentariolo. By Sir William Browne, M.D. (London: Printed, and sold, by W. Owen, near Temple-Bar, 1765). <Link to ESTC>
Theme
Walpole
Date of Entry
06/07/2005
