"Love has made me stout and strong; /Has given me a charm, / Will not suffer me to fall; / Has steel'd my heart, and nerv'd my arm, / To guard my precious all."
— Garrick, David (1717-1779)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Proprietor [etc.]
Date
1767
Metaphor
"Love has made me stout and strong; /Has given me a charm, / Will not suffer me to fall; / Has steel'd my heart, and nerv'd my arm, / To guard my precious all."
Metaphor in Context
CYM.
In this cause I am myself an army; see how the wretches stare, and cannot stir.
AIR.
Come on, come on,
A thousand to one,
I dare you to come on.
Tho' unpractis'd and young,
Love has made me stout and strong;
Has given me a charm,
Will not suffer me to fall;
Has steel'd my heart, and nerv'd my arm,
To guard my precious all.
[Looking at Sylvia.
Come on, Come on, &c.
(IV.iv)
In this cause I am myself an army; see how the wretches stare, and cannot stir.
AIR.
Come on, come on,
A thousand to one,
I dare you to come on.
Tho' unpractis'd and young,
Love has made me stout and strong;
Has given me a charm,
Will not suffer me to fall;
Has steel'd my heart, and nerv'd my arm,
To guard my precious all.
[Looking at Sylvia.
Come on, Come on, &c.
(IV.iv)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Drama); found again in ECCO-TCP.
Date of Entry
06/13/2005
