"But stamp Thine image on my breast"
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Bristol
Date
1762
Metaphor
"But stamp Thine image on my breast"
Metaphor in Context
When I awake up after Thy likeness, &c.
--xvii. 16.
Unlike my God I cannot rest,
For sin is perfect misery:
But stamp Thine image on my breast,
Conform my hallow'd soul to Thee:
Partaker of Thine utmost grace
My soul would then be satisfied,
As Moses, when he saw Thy face,
And sunk into Thine arms, and died.
--xvii. 16.
Unlike my God I cannot rest,
For sin is perfect misery:
But stamp Thine image on my breast,
Conform my hallow'd soul to Thee:
Partaker of Thine utmost grace
My soul would then be satisfied,
As Moses, when he saw Thy face,
And sunk into Thine arms, and died.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "breast" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/11/2005
