"Father, all thy Commands to do: / Ah deep engrave it on my Breast, / That I in Thee ev'n now am blest."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by William Strahan
Date
1739
Metaphor
"Father, all thy Commands to do: / Ah deep engrave it on my Breast, / That I in Thee ev'n now am blest."
Metaphor in Context
VIII.
Already springing Hope I feel;
GOD will destroy the Pow'r of Hell:
GOD from the Land of Wars and Pain
Leads me, where Peace and Safety reign.
IX.
One only Care my Soul shall know,
Father, all thy Commands to do:
Ah deep engrave it on my Breast,
That I in Thee ev'n now am blest.
(p. 96)
Already springing Hope I feel;
GOD will destroy the Pow'r of Hell:
GOD from the Land of Wars and Pain
Leads me, where Peace and Safety reign.
IX.
One only Care my Soul shall know,
Father, all thy Commands to do:
Ah deep engrave it on my Breast,
That I in Thee ev'n now am blest.
(p. 96)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "engrav" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry); text from ECCO-TCP
Citation
More than 7 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1739, 1740, 1743, 1773, 1774, 1776). See also the many other collections of hymns which select from or incorporate hymns from the original title.
3 editions in 1739. See John and Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems. Published by John Wesley, M. A. Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford; and Charles Wesley, M. A. Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. (London: Printed by William Strahan, 1739). <Link to first edition in ESTC><Link to ECCO><Link to ECCO-TCP>
This hymn found also in Select Hymns With Tunes Annexed: Designed Chiefly for the Use of the People Called Methodists. 4th edition, corrected (Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1773). And in 5th and 6th edition of the same.
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>
3 editions in 1739. See John and Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems. Published by John Wesley, M. A. Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford; and Charles Wesley, M. A. Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. (London: Printed by William Strahan, 1739). <Link to first edition in ESTC><Link to ECCO><Link to ECCO-TCP>
This hymn found also in Select Hymns With Tunes Annexed: Designed Chiefly for the Use of the People Called Methodists. 4th edition, corrected (Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1773). And in 5th and 6th edition of the same.
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
03/09/2005
Date of Review
02/09/2014
