"Their Hearts are as hard, as Iron too, / As tough, but not so cold."
— Bold, Henry (1627-1683)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Henry Brome [etc.]
Date
1664
Metaphor
"Their Hearts are as hard, as Iron too, / As tough, but not so cold."
Metaphor in Context
The holy Sisters, often pray,
And Scriptures, Eke unfold,
Yet men, as though 'twere out oth'way,
Ne're harke, to what is told:
You may speak, as well, to an Image of dough,
Not one, cares whether, you Teach, or no,
Their Hearts are as hard, as Iron too,
As tough, but not so cold.
And Scriptures, Eke unfold,
Yet men, as though 'twere out oth'way,
Ne're harke, to what is told:
You may speak, as well, to an Image of dough,
Not one, cares whether, you Teach, or no,
Their Hearts are as hard, as Iron too,
As tough, but not so cold.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Henry Bold, Poems Lyrique, Macaronique, Heroique (London: Henry Brome, 1664). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/07/2005
