"Afflictions like as fire doth / The Gold rarely refine, / Purge all our Souls, and we thereby / More gloriously may shine."

— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

Author

Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)

Work Title

Hymn 51. Thou like as a Refiner doth [from Spiritual Melody, Containing near Three Hundred Sacred Hymns. By Benjamin Keach]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Hancock [etc.]
Date
1691
Metaphor
"Afflictions like as fire doth / The Gold rarely refine, / Purge all our Souls, and we thereby / More gloriously may shine."
Metaphor in Context
Afflictions like as fire doth
The Gold rarely refine,
Purge all our Souls, and we thereby
More gloriously may shine:
Categories
Mineral::Gold::Refinement
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "gold"in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Refinement
Date of Entry
05/31/2005

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