"Open a window in our breast, / That each our heart may see"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Author

Wesley, John and Charles

Work Title

A Prayer for Persons Joined in Fellowship. [from HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BYCHARLES WESLEY , M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.]

Place of Publication
Bristol
Date
1749
Metaphor
"Open a window in our breast, / That each our heart may see"
Metaphor in Context
Our fig-leaves all be cast aside;
Let no self-soothing art
Conceal the lust, to' indulge the pride
Of a foul hellish heart.

Open a window in our breast,
That each our heart may see,
And let no secret be supprest,
Since all are known to Thee.
Categories
Architecture::Window::Momus Glass
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "window" in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Momus Glass
Date of Entry
09/08/2005

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