"But like true steel my heart doth pant, / To touch the long'd for Adamant."

— Bold, Henry (1627-1683)

Author

Bold, Henry (1627-1683)

Work Title

A Complaint of his seperation from his Mistris, caused by his friends injunction. [from Wit Sporting in a Pleasant Grove]

Date
1657
Metaphor
"But like true steel my heart doth pant, / To touch the long'd for Adamant."
Metaphor in Context
Thus being banisht from my love,
And forc't to leave her sight,
No thoughts but those of her can move
In me the least delight;
But like true steel my heart doth pant,
To touch the long'd for Adamant.
Categories
Mineral::Steel and Adamant
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/09/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.