"This Magnet, spite of nature's laws, / Still as more distant stronger draws, / And what's more strange, (too well I feel!) / Attracts all hearts but hearts of steel"

— Graham, James (1765-1811)


Place of Publication
Paisley
Publisher
Printed by J. Neilson for the Author
Date
1794
Metaphor
"This Magnet, spite of nature's laws, / Still as more distant stronger draws, / And what's more strange, (too well I feel!) / Attracts all hearts but hearts of steel"
Metaphor in Context
This Magnet, spite of nature's laws,
Still as more distant stronger draws,
And what's more strange, (too well I feel!)
Attracts all hearts but hearts of steel.
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Magnetism
Date of Entry
06/10/2005

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