Date: w. 1779, published 1800
"His iron-heart with Scripture he assail'd, / Woo'd him to hear a sermon, and prevail'd."
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: w. 1779, published 1800
"Now strike me to the ground, on which I kneel, / Ere yet this heart relapses into steel;"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1800
"Thee, rich Herodes! Honour has enroll'd / For elegance of mind that match'd thy gold:"
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1800
"Steel were the heart / That could this passing spectacle survey, / Nor feel the touch of sympathy within."
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1801
"'Cease base seducers! cease; against your art / 'By truth and virtue is my firm mind steel'd."
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1801
"'These are my darling attributes, which heal / 'Remorse and shame, which crimes with virtues blend, / 'Which teach the soul conviction to conceal, / 'And the firm heart against upbraiding conscience steel."
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1801
"'Let your expertest ministers be sent/ 'His heart against compassion's touch to steel;
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1801
"'Still thy vindictive measures to befriend, / 'And for to-morrow's proof thy soul to steel."
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1801
" And, while around their spells accurs'd they shed, / For deeds of foul import his breast they steel'd"
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1801
"Remorseless fury steel'd each rugged breast"
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)