A "steely Heart can brave the boist'rous Seas"

— Grainger, James (1721-1766)

Author

Grainger, James (1721-1766)

Work Title

ELEGY THE FIRST. The glitt'ring Ore let others vainly heap. [From A Poetical Translation of the elegies of Tibullus; and of the poems of Sulpicia]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1759
Metaphor
A "steely Heart can brave the boist'rous Seas"
Metaphor in Context
These Joys be mine!--O grant me only these,
And give to others Bags of shining Gold,
Whose steely Heart can brave the boist'rous Seas,
The Storm wide-wasting, or the stiffning Cold.
Categories
Mineral::Steel
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/08/2004

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