"Transform my Nature into Thine, / Let all my Powers Thine Impress feel, / Let all my Soul become Divine, / And stamp me with Thy Spirit's Seal."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Place of Publication
Bristol, Bath, and London
Publisher
Printed by Felix Farley, J. Wilson, W. Frederick, T. Harris
Date
1742
Metaphor
"Transform my Nature into Thine, / Let all my Powers Thine Impress feel, / Let all my Soul become Divine, / And stamp me with Thy Spirit's Seal."
Metaphor in Context
3. Transform my Nature into Thine,
Let all my Powers Thine Impress feel,
Let all my Soul become Divine,
And stamp me with Thy Spirit's Seal.
(p. 136)
Let all my Powers Thine Impress feel,
Let all my Soul become Divine,
And stamp me with Thy Spirit's Seal.
(p. 136)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "soul" 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.
Text from 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 also 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 "Luke XII. 50."]
Text from 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 also 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 "Luke XII. 50."]
Date of Entry
04/08/2005
Date of Review
02/09/2014
