"And in my Heart, a little Heav'n, / Thy Throne triumphant raise."

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by William Strahan
Date
1739
Metaphor
"And in my Heart, a little Heav'n, / Thy Throne triumphant raise."
Metaphor in Context
V.
Thee sev'n whole Days, not one in sev'n,
Unweary'd will I praise,
And in my Heart, a little Heav'n,
Thy Throne triumphant raise.

(p. 114)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry); text from ECCO-TCP
Citation
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1739, 1740, 1744). See also the many other collections of hymns which select from or incorporate hymns from the original.

3 editions in 1739. See John and Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems. Published by John Wesley, M. A. Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford; and Charles Wesley, M. A. Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. (London: Printed by William Strahan, 1739). <Link to first edition in ESTC><Link to ECCO><Link to ECCO-TCP>

First found searching in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>
Date of Entry
08/09/2004
Date of Review
10/26/2010

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