text,updated_at,metaphor,created_at,context,theme,reviewed_on,dictionary,comments,provenance,id,work_id
" Had we forgotten His, or to strange Names
Of Idol-gods stretch'd out our suppliant hands,
Should not God know, and visit this in flames,
Who the vast Empire of all hearts commands,
And thoughts, more than we actions, understands?
But for His sake alone all day we 'are slain,
Like Sheep, and where we fed, have dy'd the Plain.",2010-06-09 16:45:47 UTC,"""Had we forgotten His, or to strange Names / Of Idol-gods stretch'd out our suppliant hands, / Should not God know, and visit this in flames, / Who the vast Empire of all hearts commands, / And thoughts, more than we actions, understands?""",2004-08-19 00:00:00 UTC,The Second Book of Psalms,"",2010-06-09,Empire,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""empire"" in HDIS (Poetry)",9460,3638
" Of all Thy Præcepts will I meditate,
And have respect to all Thy Wayes;
Thy Statutes my delight, and love shall raise,
And at Thy Oracle I'll ever waite:
Within my heart Thy love shall gain,
Such conquests, that the Trophies shall like Heav'n remain.
",2009-09-14 19:34:14 UTC,"""Within my heart Thy [the Lord's] love shall gain, / Such conquests, that the Trophies shall like Heav'n remain""",2005-02-09 00:00:00 UTC,The Fifth Book of Psalms,"",,"","","Searching ""conque"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Poetry)",9466,3643
"You, whom your birth for Scepters has design'd,
Whom God has blest with wealth to guard your birth,
From Sons has made you Lords of th' Earth,
And on yours stampt the Portraict of His minde,
Your Scepters to Him yield, they are His due,
Who only to serve Him, first gave them You.
",2011-11-24 17:34:04 UTC,"""From Sons has made you Lords of th' Earth, / And on yours stampt the Portrait of His minde.""",2005-04-06 00:00:00 UTC,First Book of Psalms,"",,"","","Searching ""stamp"" and ""mind"" in HDIS (Poetry)",9468,3645
" Love was that Character, in Holiness,
And perfect Purity exemplifi'd,
And Innocence, which that first state did bless,
And Reason with them Empire to divide,
And o're th' Inferiour Appetite preside,
Which it restrain'd, and furnisht with true Skill,
It self, in all its Acts to curb, and guide;
At least had power to do so, and fulfil
The Charge Divine, close backt by Freedom of the Will.
",2009-09-14 19:34:21 UTC,"Reason, Innocence, and Love divide the empire and preside ""o're th' Inferiour Appetite""",2004-08-16 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"",•I've included twice: Empire and Rule and Subjection,"Searching ""reason"" and ""empire"" in HDIS (Poetry)",9622,3726
" A Strain so sweet my Tongue unloos'd,
And fearing now no more the Shame
I had conceiv'd, upon my hasty Flame,
Least my first Love should deem her self abus'd,
Thus I repli'd: ""If this be true
(""And who dare doubt it once, since said by you)
""Thrice happy Father, and thrice happy Day,
""In which you two into the World were brought!
""And such from hence shall all that time be thought,
""Which others tell I' have fondly thrown away.
""'Tis now my Trouble more,
""Than e're it was my Joy before,
""That I reacht here so late, or did no sooner stray.
""But if I'm worthy, and 'tis fit to show
""Of your Condition more than what I know,
""A greater Honour you to none can ever do.
Looking me then to th' very Heart,
And with her Eye engraving there,
What e're she spake, in a deep Character,
Fixt and Compos'd she thus resum'd her part.",2009-09-14 19:34:21 UTC,"""Looking me then to th' very Heart, / And with her Eye engraving there, / What e're she spake, in a deep Character, / Fixt and Compos'd""",2005-03-08 00:00:00 UTC,Stanza VI,"",,"","","Searching ""heart"" and ""engrav"" in HDIS (Poetry)",9625,3727
"""Witness Thy Table which I here accept,
""Worthy for the' Hand design'd it to be kept,
""Within my Archives a fair Room to have,
""And Thy mean Name from dark Oblivion save;
""Till to another Temple, that's above,
""Thy Souls true Image I hereafter shall remove.
""Where several, whom Thou here dost know,
""Ambitious at their very Names to bow,
""Leaving their wanton Strains behind,
""And from all base alloy refin'd,
""More to resemble the Eternal Mind,
""With several, who were never here,
(""So Godlike all their Numbers were)
""As Heman, Ethan, Moises, and the Quire,
""Of Jewish Psalmists, whom Heaven did inspire,
""And Jesses Son, whose Harp thou late didst bear,
""In Glory with the first Great Maker live,
""And for your Mortal Bays, a Starry Diadem receive.",2009-09-14 19:34:22 UTC,"One may be ""from all base alloy refin'd, / ""More to resemble the Eternal Mind,""",2005-04-14 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,Metal,"","Searching ""mind"" and ""alloy"" in HDIS (Poetry)",9631,3728
"SPONSA.
Pone me ut signaculum super Cor.
Sponsa.
Blest, ever blessed be that Day.
When thus Thou cam'est, and thus I lay!
O let us never, never part,
But make me' a Seal upon Thy Heart!
A Badg Thou on Thy Arm mayst wear,
That where Thou art, I may be there,
And never, never from Thee part,
But always on, or next Thy Heart!
""For love, (And who loves more than I?)
""Stronger than Death, does Death defie.
""His Conquests like the Graves, extend,
""And further, up to Heav'n his flames ascend.
""But never was there such a Flame,
""As that, in which to me he came;
""So dreadful, scorching, and so bright,
""I blest, but trembled at the sight.
""A Fire; Love was himself that Fire,
""Which in no Waters will expire:
""But, eve'n in Floods, securely lives,
""And all their watry threats survives.
""Nor quench, nor drown it can the Flood,
""Nor buy it, all the seeming good
""This World, that mighty Chapman, boasts
""In his vast Traffique through all Coasts.
""For so invaluable is its price,
""And its exchange so monstrous high does rise,
""The Universe too little is for 'its Merchandise.",2009-09-14 19:34:22 UTC,""" But make me' a Seal upon Thy Heart! / A Badg Thou on Thy Arm mayst wear,""",2005-04-17 00:00:00 UTC,I've included the entire poem,"",,"","","Searching ""heart"" and ""seal"" in HDIS (Poetry)",9632,3729
" Yet none of ours is what we' have stol'n the name,
That Idol, which we thus with Mirtles crown,
But with our form from Heav'n at once it came,
From Heav'n was with a Silver Cord let down,
And into the Souls mass divinely thrown,
To be its Salt, miraculously contriv'd;
And first in Heav'n the name of Love was known,
From whence at length it hither was deriv'd,
And here a while such, and so call'd in pleasure liv'd.",2009-09-14 19:34:22 UTC,"""From Heav'n was with a Silver Cord let down, / And into the Souls mass divinely thrown, / To be its Salt, miraculously contriv'd""",2005-04-17 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"","","Searching ""heart"" and ""seal"" in HDIS (Poetry)",9636,3726
" His Eyes were therefore hid (if hid they were)
From all commerce in Love to' exclude the Eyes;
Which judging, as the Object does appear,
Too oft impose, impos'd by Flatteries,
False mirrors of an Heart, which deeper lies:
The Heart, where Love that's true does first begin,
By Reason guided, its own worth to 'apprize;
Then by Discretion, seld in Lovers seen,
Who still the more's the outward glare, see least within.",2013-08-21 14:32:56 UTC,"The eyes are ""False mirrors of an Heart, which deeper lies.""",2005-11-21 00:00:00 UTC,"",Physiognomy,,Mirror,•INTEREST. Typical of mirror metaphors some external thing is a mirror of an internal. The mind is not itself a mirror but is mirrored in the physiognomy.,"Searching ""heart"" and ""mirror"" in HDIS (Poetry)",9646,3726