"The Man, who sharpen'd first the warlike Steel, / How fell and deadly was his iron Heart"

— Hammond, James (1710-1742)

Author

Hammond, James (1710-1742)

Work Title

Against Lovers going to War, in which he philosophically prefers Love and Delia to the more serious Vanities of the World. ELEGY XI.[from Love Elegies. Written in the Year 1732. The Third Edition]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. Hawkins ... And sold by M. Cooper [etc.]
Date
1752
Metaphor
"The Man, who sharpen'd first the warlike Steel, / How fell and deadly was his iron Heart"
Metaphor in Context
The Man, who sharpen'd first the warlike Steel,
How fell and deadly was his iron Heart,
He gave the Wound encount'ing Nations feel,
And Death grew stronger by his fatal Art:
Categories
Mineral::Iron::Iron Heart
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/07/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.