"Love, Thy image love, impart, / Stamp it on our face and heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles


Date
1740
Metaphor
"Love, Thy image love, impart, / Stamp it on our face and heart"
Metaphor in Context
Hence may all our actions flow,
Love the proof that Christ we know;
Mutual love the token be,
Lord, that we belong to Thee:
Love, Thy image love, impart,
Stamp it on our face and heart;

Only love to us be given,
Lord, we ask no other heaven.
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Physiognomy
Date of Entry
04/07/2005

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