"Come, gracious Lord, set up Thy Throne, / And reign within my Heart."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Bristol, Bath, and London
Publisher
Felix Farley, W. Frederick, T. Harris
Date
1742
Metaphor
"Come, gracious Lord, set up Thy Throne, / And reign within my Heart."
Metaphor in Context
Come then, and claim me for Thine own;
Saviour, Thy Right assert,
Come, gracious Lord, set up Thy Throne,
And reign within my Heart.
(p. 90)
Saviour, Thy Right assert,
Come, gracious Lord, set up Thy Throne,
And reign within my Heart.
(p. 90)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry); text from Google Books
Citation
At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1742, 1745, 1756). See also the many other collections of hymns which select from or incorporate hymns from the original.
See 1742 edition of Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed and sold by Felix Farley, in Castle-Green; J. Wilson in Wine-Street; and at the School-Room in the Horse-Fair: in Bath, by W. Frederick, Bookseller: and in London, by T. Harris on the Bridge; also, at the Foundery in Upper-Moor-Fields, 1742). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Found in Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed by Felix Farley, 1745). <Link to ECCO>
First found searching in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>
See 1742 edition of Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed and sold by Felix Farley, in Castle-Green; J. Wilson in Wine-Street; and at the School-Room in the Horse-Fair: in Bath, by W. Frederick, Bookseller: and in London, by T. Harris on the Bridge; also, at the Foundery in Upper-Moor-Fields, 1742). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Found in Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed by Felix Farley, 1745). <Link to ECCO>
First found searching in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>
Date of Entry
08/09/2004
Date of Review
02/10/2014
