"Whelm'd with such violence of woe, / Would melt a heart of steel, / Which only those who love can know, / Who lose can only feel."
— Arley [Miles Peter Andrews (1742- 814)?]
Work Title
Date
January 23, 1787, 1788
Metaphor
"Whelm'd with such violence of woe, / Would melt a heart of steel, / Which only those who love can know, / Who lose can only feel."
Metaphor in Context
Whelm'd with such violence of woe,
Would melt a heart of steel,
Which only those who love can know,
Who lose can only feel.
Would melt a heart of steel,
Which only those who love can know,
Who lose can only feel.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in ECCO-TCP.
Citation
At least 7 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1787, 1788, 1790, 1792, 1792).
Published in The World (January 23, 1787). See The Poetry of the World. (London: Printed by John Bell, British Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1788), II, pp. 12-14.
See also The British Album. In Two Volumes. vol. 2 (London: Printed by John Bell, 1790), II, pp. 12-14. <Link to Google Books>
Text found searching The British Album: a Collection of Poems. ([Boston]: Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Hall. Sold at their office State Street, and at the several bookstores, 1793). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Published in The World (January 23, 1787). See The Poetry of the World. (London: Printed by John Bell, British Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1788), II, pp. 12-14.
See also The British Album. In Two Volumes. vol. 2 (London: Printed by John Bell, 1790), II, pp. 12-14. <Link to Google Books>
Text found searching The British Album: a Collection of Poems. ([Boston]: Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Hall. Sold at their office State Street, and at the several bookstores, 1793). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014
