""But an accursed dream has steel'd thy breast, / 'And all the woman in thy soul suppress'd."--"
— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Author
Work Title
Date
1819
Metaphor
""But an accursed dream has steel'd thy breast, / 'And all the woman in thy soul suppress'd."--"
Metaphor in Context
"Grieving?--No!
"Or as a conqueror mourns a dying foe,
"That makes his triumph sure.--Couldst thou deplore
"The evil done, the pain would be no more;
"But an accursed dream has steel'd thy breast,
"And all the woman in thy soul suppress'd."--
"Or as a conqueror mourns a dying foe,
"That makes his triumph sure.--Couldst thou deplore
"The evil done, the pain would be no more;
"But an accursed dream has steel'd thy breast,
"And all the woman in thy soul suppress'd."--
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "breast"
Theme
Dreams
Date of Entry
06/12/2005
