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Date: 1768

"War smil'd, while triple Rage new steel'd his heart."

— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)

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Date: 1781, 1791

An "scholar, but unwise" "cannot separate the dross / From the pure ore"

— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)

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Date: 1790

The Furies "Steel her [Envy's] heart to pity's tear."

— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)

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Date: 1781, 1791

"Thou hast no flinty heart which cannot feel, / Thy bosom is not braced with chains of steel."

— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)

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Date: 1803

"Oh! Heaven forbid that I should with thy breast / Steel'd to his real misery!"

— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)

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