Date: 1796

"These upheld the soul, / As ribb'd with triple steel"

— Bruce, Michael (1746-1767)

Date: 1797, 1810

"For pressure but new-springs the generous mind; /As gold by Vulcan's torture is refined."

— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)

Date: 1798

"For scenes that frequent views of death impart, / Nerve the bold arm, and steel the manly heart"

— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)

Date: 1801

"'Cease base seducers! cease; against your art / 'By truth and virtue is my firm mind steel'd."

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1801

"'These are my darling attributes, which heal / 'Remorse and shame, which crimes with virtues blend, / 'Which teach the soul conviction to conceal, / 'And the firm heart against upbraiding conscience steel."

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1801

"'Let your expertest ministers be sent/ 'His heart against compassion's touch to steel;

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1801

"'Still thy vindictive measures to befriend, / 'And for to-morrow's proof thy soul to steel."

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1801

" And, while around their spells accurs'd they shed, / For deeds of foul import his breast they steel'd"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1801

"Remorseless fury steel'd each rugged breast"

— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)

Date: 1803

"How shall I touch his iron soul with pain, / Who hears unmoved a multitude complain?"

— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)