"Within my heart Thy [the Lord's] love shall gain, / Such conquests, that the Trophies shall like Heav'n remain"

— Woodford, Samuel (1636-1700)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by R. White, for Octavian Pullein [etc.]
Date
1667
Metaphor
"Within my heart Thy [the Lord's] love shall gain, / Such conquests, that the Trophies shall like Heav'n remain"
Metaphor in Context
  Of all Thy Præcepts will I meditate,
    And have respect to all Thy Wayes;
  Thy Statutes my delight, and love shall raise,
  And at Thy Oracle I'll ever waite:
    Within my heart Thy love shall gain,
Such conquests, that the Trophies shall like Heav'n remain
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Provenance
Searching "conque" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
02/09/2005

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