"Affliction's iron hand my breast invades, / And Death's dread dart is ever in my sight."

— Scott, John, of Amwell (1730-1783)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Buckland
Date
1782
Metaphor
"Affliction's iron hand my breast invades, / And Death's dread dart is ever in my sight."
Metaphor in Context
And yet even here, amid these secret shades,
These simple scenes of unreprov'd delight,
Affliction's iron hand my breast invades,
And Death's dread dart is ever in my sight.
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "iron" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/08/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.