"This melting mass of flesh She may controul / With iron ribs, She cannot chain my Soul."
— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon
Date
1764
Metaphor
"This melting mass of flesh She may controul / With iron ribs, She cannot chain my Soul."
Metaphor in Context
Why let Her come, in all her terrors too;
I dare to suffer all She dares to do.
I know her malice well, and know her pride,
I know her strength, but will not change my side.
This melting mass of flesh She may controul
With iron ribs, She cannot chain my Soul.
No—to the last resolv'd her worst to bear,
I'm still at large, and Independent there.
(p. 25)
I dare to suffer all She dares to do.
I know her malice well, and know her pride,
I know her strength, but will not change my side.
This melting mass of flesh She may controul
With iron ribs, She cannot chain my Soul.
No—to the last resolv'd her worst to bear,
I'm still at large, and Independent there.
(p. 25)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "iron" in HDIS (Poetry); text from ECCO-TCP.
Citation
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1764, 1765).
Independence. A Poem. Addressed to the Minority. By [Blank] (London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly; J. Coote, in Pater-Noster-Row; W. Flexney, near Gray’s-Inn Gate, Holborn; C. Henderson, at the Royal-Exchange; J. Gardiner, in Parliament-Street, Westminster; and C. Moran, under the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, 1764). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP>
Searching Poems of Charles Churchill ed. James Laver (London: The King's Printers, 1933).
Independence. A Poem. Addressed to the Minority. By [Blank] (London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly; J. Coote, in Pater-Noster-Row; W. Flexney, near Gray’s-Inn Gate, Holborn; C. Henderson, at the Royal-Exchange; J. Gardiner, in Parliament-Street, Westminster; and C. Moran, under the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, 1764). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP>
Searching Poems of Charles Churchill ed. James Laver (London: The King's Printers, 1933).
Date of Entry
06/08/2005
Date of Review
05/26/2011
