Date: 1772
"But pr'ythee, with that heart of steel, / Revile the dead, and maul them soundly."
preview | full record— Stevenson, John Hall (1717-1785)
Date: 1773
"'Prepare (he said) the tragic scene to close, / 'And shun the fate that iron-hearts impose"
preview | full record— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Date: 1774
"Her soul, refin'd from passion's base alloy, / Seem'd wrapt in visions of seraphic joy."
preview | full record— Roberts, William Hayward (d. 1791)
Date: 1775
"Need we the influence of the northern star / To string our nerves and steel our hearts to war? "
preview | full record— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)
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: 1777
"The greedy Creditor, whose flinty breast / The iron hand of Avarice hath press'd, / Who never own'd Humanity's soft claim"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1777
"Where dwells the soul against Compassion steel'd, / Or who disdains the generous tear to yield?"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1777
"Courage, the warrior's bosom steel'd."
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
Date: January 1, 1779
"There [to Heaven's Regions] when the soul, in search of purer day, / Loos'd from mortality's impris'ning clay / Shall swifter than the forked lightning dart."
preview | full record— Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)
Date: June 5, 1780
"Some, though they wish it, are not steel'd enough, / Nor is each would-be villain conscience-proof."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)