"His breast, with native courage steel'd, / On fear could ne'er one thought bestow"
— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Davies
Date
1774
Metaphor
"His breast, with native courage steel'd, / On fear could ne'er one thought bestow"
Metaphor in Context
He snatch'd his sword, he pois'd his shield,
He issu'd to confront the foe,
As bickering flames involve a field
Where arid heath and stubble grow:
His breast, with native courage steel'd,
On fear could ne'er one thought bestow:
Yet ere his steps could far proceed,
The Scot advanc'd and check'd his speed.
He issu'd to confront the foe,
As bickering flames involve a field
Where arid heath and stubble grow:
His breast, with native courage steel'd,
On fear could ne'er one thought bestow:
Yet ere his steps could far proceed,
The Scot advanc'd and check'd his speed.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1774, 1784).
See The Graham; an Heroic Ballad: in Four Cantos. By Thomas Blacklock, D.D. (London: Printed for T. Davies, 1774). <Link to ESTC>
See also Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, With Some of Modern Date; Now First Collected, and Reprinted from Rare Copies and Mss. With Notes. By Thomas Evans. ([London]: Printed for T. Evans, in the Strand, 1784), vol. 3 of 4. <Link to ECCO>
See The Graham; an Heroic Ballad: in Four Cantos. By Thomas Blacklock, D.D. (London: Printed for T. Davies, 1774). <Link to ESTC>
See also Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, With Some of Modern Date; Now First Collected, and Reprinted from Rare Copies and Mss. With Notes. By Thomas Evans. ([London]: Printed for T. Evans, in the Strand, 1784), vol. 3 of 4. <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/13/2005
