"My Potter stamp on me thy clay, Thy only stamp of love!"

— Wesley, John (1703-1791)

Author

Wesley, John (1703-1791)

Work Title

Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists

Date
1780
Metaphor
"My Potter stamp on me thy clay, Thy only stamp of love!"
Metaphor in Context
Humans are figured as "breathing clods" of earth shaped by the Potter/Creator: "My Potter stamp on me thy clay, Thy only stamp of love!"
Categories
Mineral::Clay Uncategorized::Stamping
Provenance
Reading J. P. van Noppen's Transforming Words (121).
Citation
Noppen, J. P. van. Transforming Words: The Early Methodist Revival from a Discourse Perspective. Bern and New York: Peter Lang, 1999.
Date of Entry
06/27/2005

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