"Wilt Thou not calm my troubled breast, [...] And stamp forgiveness on my heart?"

— Wesley, John and Charles


Date
1749
Metaphor
"Wilt Thou not calm my troubled breast, [...] And stamp forgiveness on my heart?"
Metaphor in Context
Where is the helpless sinner's Friend?
  Where is the weary wanderer's rest?
Wilt Thou not bid my sorrows end?
  Wilt Thou not calm my troubled breast,
And show forth all Thy gracious art,
And stamp forgiveness on my heart?

Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/07/2005

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