"Good bye, I wish you a wiser master--a jailor' heart should be like you--iron."

— Morton, Thomas (1764-1838)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and published by Sampson Low [etc.]
Date
1820
Metaphor
"Good bye, I wish you a wiser master--a jailor' heart should be like you--iron."
Metaphor in Context
MOU.
Yes, fellow-soldier, I fear heaven, and that rids me of every other fear.

[takes off from his girdle his keys--he throws them down.
]

Good bye, I wish you a wiser master--a jailor' heart should be like you--iron.
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "iron" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
06/08/2005

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