"Be I, O Thou my better part, / A seal impress'd upon Thy heart:"

— Wesley, John and Charles


Date
1740
Metaphor
"Be I, O Thou my better part, / A seal impress'd upon Thy heart:"
Metaphor in Context
Be I, O Thou my better part,
A seal impress'd upon Thy heart:

Should falling clouds with floods conspire,
Their waters could not quench love's fire;
Nor all in nature's treasury
The freedom of affection buy.
Provenance
Searching "seal" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/18/2005

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