"The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run."
— Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York and London
Date
1851
Metaphor
"The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run."
Metaphor in Context
Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.
Categories
Citation
Melville, H. Moby-Dick. Ed. Harrison Hayford and Hershel Parker. New York and London: W. W. Norton and Co., 1967.
Date of Entry
06/08/2005
