"Nor as a transient guest depart, / But dwell for ever in my heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles


Place of Publication
Bristol
Date
1762
Metaphor
"Nor as a transient guest depart, / But dwell for ever in my heart."
Metaphor in Context
Jesus, on me the grace bestow
Which all Thy favour'd people prove;
To me Thy great salvation show,
Come in the power of pardoning love;
Nor as a transient guest depart,
But dwell for ever in my heart.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "guest" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/13/2006

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