"E'en orcs and river-dragons felt / Their iron bosoms melt / With scorching heat"
— Jones, Sir William (1746-1794)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson; and R. H. Evans
Date
1799
Metaphor
"E'en orcs and river-dragons felt / Their iron bosoms melt / With scorching heat"
Metaphor in Context
Goddess, around thy radiant throne
The scaly shoals in spangled vesture shone,
Some slowly through green waves advancing,
Some swiftly glancing,
As each thy mild mysterious pow'r impell'd:
E'en orcs and river-dragons felt
Their iron bosoms melt
With scorching heat; for love the mightiest quell'd.
(p. 334)
The scaly shoals in spangled vesture shone,
Some slowly through green waves advancing,
Some swiftly glancing,
As each thy mild mysterious pow'r impell'd:
E'en orcs and river-dragons felt
Their iron bosoms melt
With scorching heat; for love the mightiest quell'd.
(p. 334)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "iron" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from The Poetical Works of William Jones. With the Life of the author, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Nichols and Son; R. Baldwin, 1810).
See also The Works of Sir William Jones. 6 vols. (London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row; and R. H. Evans (successor to Mr. Edwards), No. 26, Pall-Mall, 1799). <Link to ESTC>
See also The Works of Sir William Jones. 6 vols. (London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row; and R. H. Evans (successor to Mr. Edwards), No. 26, Pall-Mall, 1799). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
06/08/2005
Date of Review
08/17/2005
