"To pleasures vain he steel'd his heart; / No room for them when God is there"

— Wesley, John and Charles


Date
1740
Metaphor
"To pleasures vain he steel'd his heart; / No room for them when God is there"
Metaphor in Context
Wisely he chose the better part,
Sufferings with God's elect to share:
To pleasures vain he steel'd his heart;
No room for them when God is there.


Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Physiognomy
Date of Entry
06/11/2005

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