"My heart is melted like the wax"

— Darby, Charles (bap. 1635, d.1709)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by S. Bridge, for Tho. Parkhurst [etc.]
Date
1704
Metaphor
"My heart is melted like the wax"
Metaphor in Context
My heart is melted like the wax,
  My strength like potsheards dry:
My tongue doth cleave unto my jaws,
  And I at point to die.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "wax" in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Psalm 22
Date of Entry
03/27/2005

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