"You say reserve & modesty he has / Whose heart is iron his head wood & his face brass."
— Blake, William (1757-1827)
Author
Work Title
Date
w. 1787-1818
Metaphor
"You say reserve & modesty he has / Whose heart is iron his head wood & his face brass."
Metaphor in Context
You say reserve & modesty he has
Whose heart is iron his head wood & his face brass
The Fox the Owl the Beetle & the Bat
By sweet reserve & modesty get Fat
Whose heart is iron his head wood & his face brass
The Fox the Owl the Beetle & the Bat
By sweet reserve & modesty get Fat
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry); Found again "iron" and "heart"
Citation
Gilchrist, Alexander. Life of William Blake. Vol. II. London: Macmillan & Co., 1880, p. 130.
Date of Entry
06/07/2005
