"Men, men! False, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water, your hearts are iron! "

— Holman, Joseph George (1764-1817); Schiller (1759-1805)

Author

Holman, Joseph George (1764-1817); Schiller (1759-1805)

Work Title

The Red-Cross Knights. A play, in five acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market. Founded on the Robbers of Schiller. By J. G. Holman

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and published by Geo. Cawthorn ... sold also by Messrs. Richardson ... H. D. Symonds [etc.]
Date
1799
Metaphor
"Men, men! False, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water, your hearts are iron! "
Metaphor in Context
FERDINAND
Men, men! False, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water, your hearts are iron! Kisses on your lips, and poniards in your bosom! Whatever malice can invent, I have learned to bear. I could smile were my enemy to carouse on my heart's blood; but when a father's love becomes a fury's hate--Oh then must every fibre of the tortured frame be racked to anguish and despair!
Categories
Mineral::Iron::Iron Heart
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
06/08/2005

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