"When Thou dost in my Heart appear, / And Love erects its Throne, / I then enjoy Salvation here, / And Heaven on Earth begun."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Place of Publication
Bristol, Bath, and London
Publisher
Felix Farley, W. Frederick, T. Harris
Date
1742
Metaphor
"When Thou dost in my Heart appear, /
And Love erects its Throne, / I then enjoy Salvation here, / And Heaven on Earth begun."
Metaphor in Context
17. Thy Love I soon expect to find
In all its Depth and Height,
To comprehend th'Eternal Mind,
And grasp the Infinite.
18. When Thou dost in my Heart appear,
And Love erects its Throne,
I then enjoy Salvation here,
And Heaven on Earth begun.
(p. 182)
In all its Depth and Height,
To comprehend th'Eternal Mind,
And grasp the Infinite.
18. When Thou dost in my Heart appear,
And Love erects its Throne,
I then enjoy Salvation here,
And Heaven on Earth begun.
(p. 182)
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> [There titled "Rejoicing in Hope (Romans xii. 12.)"]
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> [There titled "Rejoicing in Hope (Romans xii. 12.)"]
Date of Entry
08/09/2004
Date of Review
02/10/2014
