"I think thy breast is meade o' brass"

— Blamire, Susanna (1747-1794)


Date
1842
Metaphor
"I think thy breast is meade o' brass"
Metaphor in Context
"Tou is a bonny guest, indeed!
Tou is a toppin fellow!
I think thy breast is meade o' brass,
Tou dis sae rwoar and bellow:
I nobbet wish that I were deef,
There's ayways sec a dingin;
I never ken what I's about,
There's sec a ring, ring, ringing."

Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "brass" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/07/2005

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