The Furies "Steel her [Envy's] heart to pity's tear."
— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Exeter
Publisher
Printed by R. Trewman and Son
Date
1790
Metaphor
The Furies "Steel her [Envy's] heart to pity's tear."
Metaphor in Context
II.
Her birth the Furies hail; with joy
For her their utmost cares employ;
O'er her limbs, and on her head
Stygian venom copious shed,
Give her blood-drencht robes to wear,
Steel her heart to pity's tear,
Arm her tongue with falshood's stings,
(Muttering spells) imbue her breath
With vapours from the cave of death,
Plume with revenge her crest, with terror imp her wings.
(pp. 164-5)
Her birth the Furies hail; with joy
For her their utmost cares employ;
O'er her limbs, and on her head
Stygian venom copious shed,
Give her blood-drencht robes to wear,
Steel her heart to pity's tear,
Arm her tongue with falshood's stings,
(Muttering spells) imbue her breath
With vapours from the cave of death,
Plume with revenge her crest, with terror imp her wings.
(pp. 164-5)
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Provenance
Searching "steel" and "heart" in ECCO-TCP
Citation
Text from Poems, by Hugh Downman, M.D. (Exeter: Printed by R. Trewman and Son, for G. G. and J. Robinson, G. and T. Wilkie, and G. Kearsley, London; and J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1790). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/13/2014
