Date: 1759
A "steely Heart can brave the boist'rous Seas"
preview | full record— Grainger, James (1721-1766)
Date: 1759
"For well I know, nor Flint, nor ruthless Steel, / Can arm the Breast of such a gentle Maid."
preview | full record— Grainger, James (1721-1766)
Date: 1759
"Who was the first that forg'd the deadly Blade? / Of rugged Steel his savage Soul was made."
preview | full record— Grainger, James (1721-1766)
Date: 1760
"Whene'er he visits us with Racks of Pain, / And speeds the rapid Fever in each Vein, / Our drossy Souls the potent Fire refines,/ Till the bright Ore in polish'd Beauty shines"
preview | full record— Langhorne,William (1721-1772)
Date: 1762
"never joy, / Save th' anxious sordid one to view his gold, / Could touch his marble heart"
preview | full record— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)
Date: 1762
"But as the fire / Refines the silver; so a taste of woe / Awakes the Soul."
preview | full record— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)
Date: 1762
"To mine the king of Iniscon,' said Connal, 'heart of steel'"
preview | full record— Ossian; Macpherson, James (1736-1796)
Date: 1762
"But when the king came, in the sound of his course, what heart of steel could stand!"
preview | full record— Ossian; Macpherson, James (1736-1796)
Date: 1762
"My soul, that never melted before; it was like the steel of my sword"
preview | full record— Ossian; Macpherson, James (1736-1796)
Date: 1762
"Pure from th' eternal Source of Being came / That Ray divine that lights the human Frame: / Yet oft, forgetful of it's heavenly Birth, / It sinks obscur'd beneath the Weight of the Earth: / Mechanic Pow'rs retard it's Flight, and hence / The Storms of Passion, and the Clouds of Sense: / 'Tis Lif...
preview | full record— Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)