"Miscreant! thy words, far from appalling me / With the full marshalled horrors of this day, / They steel my heart"

— Graham, James (1765-1811)


Date
1807
Metaphor
"Miscreant! thy words, far from appalling me / With the full marshalled horrors of this day, / They steel my heart"
Metaphor in Context
Mary.
Miscreant! thy words, far from appalling me
With the full marshalled horrors of this day,
They steel my heart
; the dire reality
Daunteth not Douglas, and shall the description
Intimidate me into infamy?
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/10/2005

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