"'What numerous ills in life befall! / 'Yet Wisdom learns to scorn them all, / 'And arms the breast with steel"
— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by A. Paris ... for J. Egerton [etc.]
Date
1794
Metaphor
"'What numerous ills in life befall! / 'Yet Wisdom learns to scorn them all, / 'And arms the breast with steel"
Metaphor in Context
"What numerous ills in life befall!
"Yet Wisdom learns to scorn them all,
"And arms the breast with steel:
"E'en Death's pale face no horror wears;
"But ah! what horrid pangs and fears
"Unknowing wretches feel!
"Yet Wisdom learns to scorn them all,
"And arms the breast with steel:
"E'en Death's pale face no horror wears;
"But ah! what horrid pangs and fears
"Unknowing wretches feel!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/13/2005
