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Date: 1786

"'While in his Breast he bears, to Fear unknown, / 'A rigid Heart of Iron or of Stone!"

— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838); Moschus

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Date: 1786

"With Iron Bosom, tho' the Beast he slew, / The Charms of melting Love Alcides knew!"

— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838); Moschus

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Date: 1786

Friendship " bade my stubborn Bosom feel, / And soften'd thus a Heart of Steel!"

— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838); Moschus

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Date: 1836

"Yet, though their 'souls the iron enter'd,' moans / From captive kings were not enough to sate / Barbaric vengeance"

— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838); Moschus

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