"Seal the promise on my heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
Bristol
Publisher
Printed by E. Farley
Date
1762
Metaphor
"Seal the promise on my heart"
Metaphor in Context
Father of the fatherless,
  Husband of the widow prove;
Me and mine persist to bless,
  Tell me, we shall meet above,
Seal the promise on my heart,
Bid me then in peace depart
Provenance
Searching "seal" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1762, 1796).

See Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures. By Charles Wesley, M. A. and Presbyter of the Church of England., 2 vols. (Bristol: Printed by E. Farley, in Small-Street, 1762). <Link to ESTC>

See also Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures. By Charles Wesley, M. A. And Presbyter of the Church of England. (London: Printed by G. Paramore, North-Green, Moorfields; and sold by G. Whitfield, at the Chapel, City-Road; and at the Methodist preaching-houses in town and country, 1794-96). <Link to ESTC>

First found searching in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>
Date of Entry
04/19/2005

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