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"Answer to a Poetical Apology Sent by Professor M'Leod of Glasgow, To Some Ladies Who Had Invited him to an badibadOyster Feastbad/ibad. [from The Highlanders, and other poems. By Mrs. Grant, Laggan. Second edition]"
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Literary Period:
"Nineteenth Century"
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Metaphor Category:
"Mineral"
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Date: 1808
"Secure, his adamantine heart / In learning's musty cell / Repell'd poor Cupid's powerful dart, / And slighted every belle"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
Date: 1808
"In panoply of lead and brass / Their cautious hearts unfold, / Which beauty cannot pierce, alas! / Unless with darts of gold!"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
Date: 1808
"The soft harp's many-sounding strings, / Wak'd by the blushing maid, / Could melt the iron hearts of kings, / And beauty's influence aid"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)