Brazenlockt damsel
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- brass locket → see lookit in lines 1 and 2 above
- brass-locked → describing a chastity belt?
- damsel → Issy
- Danaë: In Greek mythology,an oracle predicted that King Acrisius of Argos would be killed by his grandson. He locked his daughter, princess Danaë, in a brazen tower to protect her chastity. Zeus entered the tower in the form of a golden shower and impregnated Danaë. She bore a son, the hero Perseus, who indeed later caused Acrisius's death. This was a favored theme of artists, most notably Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1888 painting "Danaë and the Brazen Tower, → ravisht
- brass coloured locks (hair)
