"A Scythian's heart is steel'd 'gainst panic terrors."
— Cradock, Joseph (1742-1826)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell
Date
1762
Metaphor
"A Scythian's heart is steel'd 'gainst panic terrors."
Metaphor in Context
INDATER.
Let him come on—he shall not cloud our joys;
A Scythian's heart is steel'd 'gainst panic terrors.
Prepare the altar for th' approaching nuptials;
Place round it ev'ry gift of bounteous Nature,
And there present the hand that combats for thee;
[To Seyfel.
No cares intrude; and may th' immortal Gods
Bending from high to hear our plighted vows,
Propitious smile on this important hour,
That gilds or darkens all my future days.
(p. 13)
Let him come on—he shall not cloud our joys;
A Scythian's heart is steel'd 'gainst panic terrors.
Prepare the altar for th' approaching nuptials;
Place round it ev'ry gift of bounteous Nature,
And there present the hand that combats for thee;
[To Seyfel.
No cares intrude; and may th' immortal Gods
Bending from high to hear our plighted vows,
Propitious smile on this important hour,
That gilds or darkens all my future days.
(p. 13)
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Provenance
Searching "steel" and "heart" in ECCO-TCP
Citation
5 entries in ESTC (1762, 1771, 1772).
Based on based on Voltaire's Les Scythes. See Zobeide. A Tragedy: As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1762). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Based on based on Voltaire's Les Scythes. See Zobeide. A Tragedy: As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1762). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014
