Date: 1786
"With Iron Bosom, tho' the Beast he slew, / The Charms of melting Love Alcides knew!"
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838); Moschus
Date: 1788
"When Passion's tides thro' mans' strong art'ries roar, / His heart resists them like a flinty shore; / But our frail frames, like mould'ring banks, give way."
preview | full record— Williams, John [pseud. Anthony Pasquin] (1754-1818)
Date: 1791
"I have a mind more equal, not of steel / My heart is form'd, but much to pity inclined."
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
"My son! oh how could so severe a word / Escape thy lips? my fortitude of mind / Thou know'st, and even now shalt prove me firm / As iron, secret as the stubborn rock."
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
"Thou hast an iron heart! / For should that savage man and faithless once / Seize and discover thee, no pity expect / Or reverence at his hands"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
"Thou hast an heart of iron, terrour-proof."
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
"Hard was his lot, whom these rare qualities / Preserved not, neither had his dauntless heart / Been iron, had he 'scaped his cruel doom."
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1791
"I will encounter him, though his hands be fire, / Though fire his hands, and his heart hammer'd steel."
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1792
"Men!--Men! false! treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water! your hearts are iron!"
preview | full record— Tytler, Alexander Fraser (1747-1813); Schiller (1759-1805)