Date: 1769
"But, first, I'll tell thee thy detested deeds, / And gall, if possible, thine iron heart."
preview | full record— Home, John (1722-1808)
Date: 1769
"Something like pity shakes my firm resolves, / And almost melts the iron heart of Zingis."
preview | full record— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)
Date: 1769
"Does thy iron heart / Deny me this--a portion of his grave?"
preview | full record— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)
Date: 1772
"Oh! if my fate depends upon her looks, they must be iron hearts that can withstand 'em."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1774
"Oh, there's been precious doings with the Hearts of Steel"
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1775
"That heart, by war and honour steel'd to fear, / Droops on a sigh, and sickens at a tear!"
preview | full record— Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)
Date: 1775
"But, O, my brother! if thou hast a heart / That is not steel'd with stoic apathy / Against the magic of all-conqu'ring love, / Beware of beauty's pow'r; for she has charms / Wou'd melt the frozen breast of hoary age, / Or draw the lonely hermit from his cell / To gaze upon her."
preview | full record— Francklin, Thomas (1721-1784)
Date: 1777
"Pale-eyed Affright, his heart of silver hue, / In vain essayed her bosom to acale."
preview | full record— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Date: 1778
"I must first see what state my troops are in.--Go you, Drill, and bring 'em before us--here they come! here they come--come on my hearts of gold"
preview | full record— Pilon, Frederick (1750-1788)
Date: 1778
"As to my Fanny and myself, our souls had been created, like sympathetic steel and magnet, to leap together at first sight!"
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)