Date: 1778

"As to my Fanny and myself, our souls had been created, like sympathetic steel and magnet, to leap together at first sight!"

— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)

Date: 1780

"Pull away, my lads, pull away; that's my hearts of gold, pull away"

— Pilon, Frederick (1750-1788)

Date: 1780

"Then bravely on, my hearts of steel, / The haughty foe is vap'ring;"

— Pilon, Frederick (1750-1788)

Date: 1780

"I must steel my heart against the allurements of friendship and of pleasure"

— Pilon, Frederick (1750-1788)

Date: 1784

"Pistols prim'd and carbines loaded, / Courage strikes on hearts of steel"

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

Date: 1786

Uncouth men may have "minds like rich metals, as yet unpurify'd from alloy; but let it once be known that the ore is gold, and the refiner's hand will soon bring forth the bullion"

— Pilon, Frederick (1750-1788)

Date: 1788

"O yes, this is his valet that Lady Jane mentioned, this is her O'Donovan and my Aircourt, but my heart is steel'd against him"

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

Date: 1792

"We from your judgment to your hearts appeal, / Generous as brave, you are not hearts of steel"

— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)

Date: 1795

"--a band, whose steely hearts are rivetted with oaths, will aid thee."

— Morton, Thomas (1764-1838)

Date: 1797

"And every sordid, base alloy, / Let's from our bosoms move; / For was our gold but Irish brass, / Good humour's stamp can make it pass"

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)