"'Let your expertest ministers be sent/ 'His heart against compassion's touch to steel;
— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by C. Roworth, for T. Egerton [etc.]
Date
1801
Metaphor
"'Let your expertest ministers be sent/ 'His heart against compassion's touch to steel;
Metaphor in Context
"Might I without presumption sketch a plan,
"By which Heav'n's high behest to circumvent,
"And fix our empire o'er the soul of man,
"Thus would I realize my great intent.
"Let your expertest ministers be sent
"His heart against compassion's touch to steel;
"'Till, callous grown, he ceases to lament
"The tortures which his suff'ring victims feel,
"When from his hand they shrink, and make their vain appeal.
"By which Heav'n's high behest to circumvent,
"And fix our empire o'er the soul of man,
"Thus would I realize my great intent.
"Let your expertest ministers be sent
"His heart against compassion's touch to steel;
"'Till, callous grown, he ceases to lament
"The tortures which his suff'ring victims feel,
"When from his hand they shrink, and make their vain appeal.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/09/2005
