"The witness breathe into my heart, / And seal my sins forgiven."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Bristol
Publisher
Printed by William Pine
Date
1767
Metaphor
"The witness breathe into my heart, / And seal my sins forgiven."
Metaphor in Context
The confidence Divine impart,
The witness breathe into my heart,
And seal my sins forgiven;
Allow me then my last desire,
And send with death the car of fire
That wraps my soul to heaven.
(p. 84 in 1762 ed.)
The witness breathe into my heart,
And seal my sins forgiven;
Allow me then my last desire,
And send with death the car of fire
That wraps my soul to heaven.
(p. 84 in 1762 ed.)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "seal" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry); confirmed in ECCO
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1767, 1776).
Numbered "LXXX" in Hymns for the Use of Families, and on Various Occasions. By Charles Wesley, M. A. Late Student of Christ-Church. (Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1767). <Link to ESTC>
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>
Numbered "LXXX" in Hymns for the Use of Families, and on Various Occasions. By Charles Wesley, M. A. Late Student of Christ-Church. (Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1767). <Link to ESTC>
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>
Date of Entry
04/19/2005
