"Not all the chains that tyrants use / Shall bind their souls to vice."

— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)


Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Printed by Rogers & Fowle, for D. Henchman in Cornhill
Date
1742
Metaphor
"Not all the chains that tyrants use / Shall bind their souls to vice."
Metaphor in Context
Not all the Chains that Tyrants use
  Shall bind their Souls to Vice
:
Faith, like a Conqu'ror, can produce
  A thousand Victories.
(p. 113)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Isaac Watts, Hymns and spiritual songs. In three books, 16th edition (Boston: Printed by Rogers & Fowle, for D. Henchman in Cornhill, 1742). <LInk to ECCO>
Date of Entry
02/14/2005
Date of Review
05/26/2011

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