"And in the furnace of affliction, / Their drossie souls thou dost refine"

— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Robert Crofts [etc.]
Date
1658
Metaphor
"And in the furnace of affliction, / Their drossie souls thou dost refine"
Metaphor in Context
In wisdome thou chastizest thine,
And in the furnace of affliction,
Their drossie souls thou dost refine
;
And by thy Judgments, stamp conviction.
  If thy corrections thou dost lengthen,
  Accordingly be pleas'd to strengthen
Categories
Provenance
Found again searching "soul" and "dross" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/07/2005

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