"War smil'd, while triple Rage new steel'd his heart."

— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)


Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1768
Metaphor
"War smil'd, while triple Rage new steel'd his heart."
Metaphor in Context
Though here almost eternal Winter reigns,
And piercing deep the womb of Nature chills;
Though born far off under a milder sky,
The northern blast e'en through my marrow thrills,
And freezes up the life-blood in my veins;
The hardy natives o'er the mountains high,
Trace out the step of Health amid the snow;
Or where o'er the gray moss her bare feet stray:
Hence active nerves, and scorn of danger flow;
Hence when of late, call'd forth to mortal fray,
At their approach, Revenge more furious grew,
War smil'd, while triple Rage new steel'd his heart,
Pale bloodless Fear turn'd to a ghastlier hue,
And Death more dreadful shook his pointed dart.
(cf. pp. 51-2 in 1768 ed.)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry); found again in ECCO-TCP.
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1768).

The Land of the Muses: a Poem, in the Manner of Spenser. With Poems on Several Occasions. By Hugh Downman (Edinburgh: Printed for the author. Sold by A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh; and by R. Baldwin, and Richardson & Urquhart, London, 1768). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
06/09/2005

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