"May every ear the call obey, / Be every heart a humble guest!"

— Steele, Anne (1717-1778)


Place of Publication
Bristol
Publisher
Printed by W. Pine. Sold by T. Cadell, T. Mills, and T. Evans; and by J. Buckland ... and J. Johnson [etc.]
Date
1780
Metaphor
"May every ear the call obey, / Be every heart a humble guest!"
Metaphor in Context
The word of life dispens'd to day,
Invites us to a heavenly feast;
May every ear the call obey,
Be every heart a humble guest!
O bid the wretched sons of need,
On soul-reviving dainties feed!

Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "guest" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1780).

Anne Steele, Miscellaneous pieces, in Verse and Prose, by Theodosia, ed. Caleb Evans (Bristol: Printed by W. Pine. Sold by T. Cadell, T. Mills, and T. Evans; - and by J. Buckland and J. Johnson, 1780). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
03/13/2006

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