"Long I every means have tried / To subdue the inbred ill; / Still I am not sanctified, / Rules my ruling passion still."

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
[n.s.]
Date
1772
Metaphor
"Long I every means have tried / To subdue the inbred ill; / Still I am not sanctified, / Rules my ruling passion still."
Metaphor in Context
Long I every means have tried
  To subdue the inbred ill;
Still I am not sanctified,
  Rules my ruling passion still
;
Neither prayers nor vows restrain,
Tears for ages flow in vain.
Provenance
Searching HDIS for "ruling passion"
Citation
See Preparation for Death, in Several Hymns. (London: Printed in the year, 1772). <Link to ESTC>

Text from The Poetical works of John and Charles Wesley, Ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>
Theme
Ruling Passion
Date of Entry
05/25/2004

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