"If thou refuse our vows to hear / And steel thy heart to ev'ry pray'r, / A cruel frozen maid"
— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
October 15, 1772
Metaphor
"If thou refuse our vows to hear / And steel thy heart to ev'ry pray'r, / A cruel frozen maid"
Metaphor in Context
So 'tis with thee, my Emma fair,
If nature's law's unpaid,
If thou refuse our vows to hear
And steel thy heart to ev'ry pray'r,
A cruel frozen maid.
If nature's law's unpaid,
If thou refuse our vows to hear
And steel thy heart to ev'ry pray'r,
A cruel frozen maid.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Crabbe, George. Poems. Ed. Adolphus William Ward. Vol. I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1905.
first printed in "The Lady's Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, appropriated solely to their use and amusement" in the October 1722 issue.
Date of Entry
06/09/2005
