The gentleman "To Figg and Broughton ... commits his breast, / To steel it to the fashionable test
— Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1752, 1790
Metaphor
The gentleman "To Figg and Broughton ... commits his breast, / To steel it to the fashionable test
Metaphor in Context
Devoted thus to politics, and cards,
Nor mirth, nor wine, nor women he regards,
So far is ev'ry virtue from his heart,
That not a gen'rous vice can claim a part;
Nay, lest one human passion e'er should move
His soul to friendship, tenderness, or love,
To Figg and Broughton he commits his breast,
To steel it to the fashionable test.
(p. 59)
Nor mirth, nor wine, nor women he regards,
So far is ev'ry virtue from his heart,
That not a gen'rous vice can claim a part;
Nay, lest one human passion e'er should move
His soul to friendship, tenderness, or love,
To Figg and Broughton he commits his breast,
To steel it to the fashionable test.
(p. 59)
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Provenance
Searching "breast" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from The Works of Soame Jenyns, 4 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1790).
See Soame Jenyns, Poems. By *****. (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1752). <Link to ESTC>
See Soame Jenyns, Poems. By *****. (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1752). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
06/13/2005
Date of Review
01/24/2006
