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Date: 1797

"And every sordid, base alloy, / Let's from our bosoms move; / For was our gold but Irish brass, / Good humour's stamp can make it pass"

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

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Date: 1797

"--oh! here's Redmond O Hanlon, though now the constable and the county keeper, yet he was a heart of steel, that I'm sure of."

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

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Date: 1797

"Yes, in Antrim I was a heart of steel, in Clonmel I was a white boy."

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

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Date: 1797

"For then first throbb'd an heart of steel."

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

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Date: 1797

"here's Redmond O'Hanlon, though now the constable and the county keeper, yet he was a heart of steel, that I'm sure of."

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

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Date: 1797

"For then first throbb'd an heart of steel."

— O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

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