"Grace doth our Souls to God unite, / Like glorious Golden Chains."

— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

Author

Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

Work Title

HYMN 144. Our Friends that lived Godly here [from Spiritual Melody, Containing near Three Hundred Sacred Hymns. By Benjamin Keach]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Hancock [etc.]
Date
1691
Metaphor
"Grace doth our Souls to God unite, / Like glorious Golden Chains."
Metaphor in Context
Here run the Chrystal streams of Life
Quite thorough all our Veins;
Grace doth our Souls to God unite,
Like glorious Golden Chains:
Categories
Mineral::Gold Fetters::Chains
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "gold"in HDIS (Poetry); found again, "chains.
Date of Entry
05/31/2005

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