"Stamp us with the stamp Divine, / Seal our souls for ever Thine"

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
Bristol
Publisher
Felix Farley
Date
1745
Metaphor
"Stamp us with the stamp Divine, / Seal our souls for ever Thine"
Metaphor in Context
All the power of sin remove,
Fill us with Thy perfect love,
Stamp us with the stamp Divine,
Seal our souls for ever Thine
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Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "soul" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "seal"
Citation
At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1745, 1747, 1757, 1762).

See Hymns on the Lord's Supper. By John Wesley, M.A. Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford. And Charles Wesley, M.A. Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. With a Preface Concerning the Christian Sacrament and Sacrifice. Extracted from Doctor Brevint. (Bristol: Printed by Felix Farley, 1745). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
04/08/2005

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