"Our Soul, as from a broken Snare / A Bird escapes, is fled."

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
J. March
Date
1721
Metaphor
"Our Soul, as from a broken Snare / A Bird escapes, is fled."
Metaphor in Context
Bless God, who did not give our Soul
  To their sharp Teeth a Prey.
Our Soul, as from a broken Snare
  A Bird escapes, is fled
;
Our Help is from th' Almighty's Care,
  Who Earth and Heav'n has spread.
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "bird" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Sir Richard Blackmore, A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. (London: J. March, 1721). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
04/27/2012

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