"My heart is steel, / I weep not, nor complain."
— Home, John (1722-1808)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed for G. and A. Ewing
Date
1760
Metaphor
"My heart is steel, / I weep not, nor complain."
Metaphor in Context
AEMILIUS.
Of Rome! aye, and of thee, of thee, my son,
And of thy brother. O unequall'd pair,
Your deeds, your destiny have rais'd your sire
Above the pitch of man. My heart is steel,
I weep not, nor complain. Relentless fiend,
Inhuman MAXIMIN! for thee I live;
To bury in thy hated breast my sword,
Then die upon the blow.
(p. 54)
Of Rome! aye, and of thee, of thee, my son,
And of thy brother. O unequall'd pair,
Your deeds, your destiny have rais'd your sire
Above the pitch of man. My heart is steel,
I weep not, nor complain. Relentless fiend,
Inhuman MAXIMIN! for thee I live;
To bury in thy hated breast my sword,
Then die upon the blow.
(p. 54)
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Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in ECCO-TCP
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1760).
Text from The Siege of Aquileia: A Tragedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. (Dublin: Printed for G. and A. Ewing, 1760). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Text from The Siege of Aquileia: A Tragedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. (Dublin: Printed for G. and A. Ewing, 1760). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/13/2014
