"Manhood, Shame, / And sense of Folly--all conspire, / To steel their Hearts, and rouse their Fire, / And vindicate their Honour's claim"

— Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick (1746-1828)


Date
1809
Metaphor
"Manhood, Shame, / And sense of Folly--all conspire, / To steel their Hearts, and rouse their Fire, / And vindicate their Honour's claim"
Metaphor in Context
They pause, appall'd!--but Manhood, Shame,
And sense of Folly--all conspire,
To steel their Hearts, and rouse their Fire,
And vindicate their Honour's claim.

Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/11/2005

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