"Come, and erect Thy throne / Eternal in my heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
Bristol
Publisher
Printed by E. Farley
Date
1762
Metaphor
"Come, and erect Thy throne / Eternal in my heart."
Metaphor in Context
Your God will come and save you.

--xxxv. 4.

I nothing else require,
  If Thou my Saviour be;
Salvation I desire,
  Because it comes with Thee:
Thou, Lord, and Thou alone,
  My whole salvation art,
Come, and erect Thy throne
  Eternal in my heart.
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1762, 1794).

Text from The Poetical works of John and Charles Wesley, Ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>

See also Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, 2 vols. (Bristol: Printed by E. Farley, 1762). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/09/2004

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