"Though I have steel'd my stubborn heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Author

Wesley, John and Charles

Work Title

XLI. THE SAME. Hymn 9. Stay, Thou insulted Spirit stay. [from from Hymns and Sacred Poems. In Two Volumes]

Place of Publication
Bristol
Date
1749
Metaphor
"Though I have steel'd my stubborn heart"
Metaphor in Context
Though I have steel'd my stubborn heart,
 And still shook off my guilty fears,
And vex'd and urged Thee to depart
For forty long rebellious years:
Categories
Mineral::Steel
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/11/2005

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