"Men, Men! false, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water--your hearts are iron."
— Craven, Keppel (1779-1851); Schiller (1759-1805)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Wigstead and M. Hooper
Date
1799
Metaphor
"Men, Men! false, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water--your hearts are iron."
Metaphor in Context
MOOR.
Men, Men! false, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water--your hearts are iron. The lion and the panther feed their whelps; the raven strips the carrion to bring it to her young, and he--he--Whatever malice can devise, I have learnt to bear: I could smile, when my enemy drinks of my heart's blood. But, when a father's love becomes a fury's hate--Oh, then, let fire rage here, where once was humanity; the tender-hearted lamb becomes a tiger.
Men, Men! false, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water--your hearts are iron. The lion and the panther feed their whelps; the raven strips the carrion to bring it to her young, and he--he--Whatever malice can devise, I have learnt to bear: I could smile, when my enemy drinks of my heart's blood. But, when a father's love becomes a fury's hate--Oh, then, let fire rage here, where once was humanity; the tender-hearted lamb becomes a tiger.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
A translation and abridgment. First performed in 1797? Only 1 entry in ESTC (1799).
See The Robbers; A Tragedy: In Five Acts. Translated and Altered from the German. As it was Performed at Brandenburgh-House Theatre. With a Preface, Prologue and Epilogue, written by Her Serene Highness The Margravine of Anspach (London: Printed for W. Wigstead and M. Hooper, 1799). <Link to ESTC>
See The Robbers; A Tragedy: In Five Acts. Translated and Altered from the German. As it was Performed at Brandenburgh-House Theatre. With a Preface, Prologue and Epilogue, written by Her Serene Highness The Margravine of Anspach (London: Printed for W. Wigstead and M. Hooper, 1799). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
06/08/2005
