"Thou like as a Refiner doth / The Gold and Silver try, / We had much dross until thou didst / Our Souls, Lord, purifie."

— 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
"Thou like as a Refiner doth / The Gold and Silver try, / We had much dross until thou didst / Our Souls, Lord, purifie."
Metaphor in Context
Thou like as a Refiner doth
The Gold and Silver try,
We had much dross until thou didst
Our Souls, Lord, purifie.
Categories
Mineral::Gold::Refinement Mineral::Silver::Refinement Mineral::Dross::Refinement
Provenance
Searching 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.