"Impenetrable Courage steels his manly Breast."
— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
Date
1757-9
Metaphor
"Impenetrable Courage steels his manly Breast."
Metaphor in Context
If o'er the steepy Alps he go,
Vast Mountains of eternal Snow,
Or where fam'd Ganges and Hydaspes flow;
If o'er parch'd Lybia's desart Land,
Where, threatening from afar,
Th'affrighted Traveller
Encounters moving Hills of Sand:
No Sense of Danger can disturb his Rest,
He fears no human Face, nor savage Beast;
Impenetrable Courage steels his manly Breast.
Vast Mountains of eternal Snow,
Or where fam'd Ganges and Hydaspes flow;
If o'er parch'd Lybia's desart Land,
Where, threatening from afar,
Th'affrighted Traveller
Encounters moving Hills of Sand:
No Sense of Danger can disturb his Rest,
He fears no human Face, nor savage Beast;
Impenetrable Courage steels his manly Breast.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
The Works of Horace in English verse. By several Hands. Collected and published by Mr. Duncombe. With notes Historical and Critical, 2 vols. (London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1757). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/13/2005
