"But like true steel my heart doth pant, / To touch the long'd for Adamant."

— Bold, Henry (1627-1683)


Date
1657
Metaphor
"But like true steel my heart doth pant, / To touch the long'd for Adamant."
Metaphor in Context
Thus being banisht from my love,
And forc't to leave her sight,
No thoughts but those of her can move
In me the least delight;
But like true steel my heart doth pant,
To touch the long'd for Adamant.
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/09/2005

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