One's immortal deeds may be "Engrav'd ... / On ev'ry heart in this braid land"

— Oliphant, Carolina, Lady Nairne (1766-1845)

Author

Oliphant, Carolina, Lady Nairne (1766-1845)

Work Title

Bonny Gascon Ha' [from Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne: With a Memoir and Poems of Caroline Oliphant the Younger: Edited by the Rev. Charles Rogers ... With a Portrait and Other Illustrations]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Charles Griffin
Date
1869
Metaphor
One's immortal deeds may be "Engrav'd ... / On ev'ry heart in this braid land"
Metaphor in Context
What tho' no monument to thee
  Is biggit by thy country's hands,--
Engrav'd are thine immortal deeds
  On ev'ry heart in this braid land.
Categories
Writing::Engraving
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "engrav" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/08/2005

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