"He forms our generals for the field, / With all their dreadful skill; / Gives them his awful sword to wield, / And makes their hearts of steel."
— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Clark and R. Ford
Date
1719
Metaphor
"He forms our generals for the field, / With all their dreadful skill; / Gives them his awful sword to wield, / And makes their hearts of steel."
Metaphor in Context
He forms our generals for the field,
With all their dreadful skill;
Gives them his awful sword to wield,
And makes their hearts of steel.
With all their dreadful skill;
Gives them his awful sword to wield,
And makes their hearts of steel.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "Steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D., 6 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Barfield, 1810).
See also The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and Applied to the Christian State and Worship (London: Printed for J. Clark and R. Ford, 1719. <Link to ECCO>
See also The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and Applied to the Christian State and Worship (London: Printed for J. Clark and R. Ford, 1719. <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/11/2005
Date of Review
07/02/2012
