"Yet patient wait, till grace his will subdue, / The fire his dross, the spirit his heart renew:"
— Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Editor and sold by J. Buckland [etc.]
Date
1785
Metaphor
"Yet patient wait, till grace his will subdue, / The fire his dross, the spirit his heart renew:"
Metaphor in Context
Who would the image of his lord retrieve,
Partake His nature, and His mind receive,
Must ask in faith, not doubting or afraid
To plead the promise that Himself hath made:
Yet patient wait, till grace his will subdue,
The fire his dross, the spirit his heart renew:
Dead to his own, as in the world's esteem,
He fits the cross, as that now fitteth him;
Where, stretch'd at length, he shall a conqueror die,
Entomb with Him, and then remount the sky!
Partake His nature, and His mind receive,
Must ask in faith, not doubting or afraid
To plead the promise that Himself hath made:
Yet patient wait, till grace his will subdue,
The fire his dross, the spirit his heart renew:
Dead to his own, as in the world's esteem,
He fits the cross, as that now fitteth him;
Where, stretch'd at length, he shall a conqueror die,
Entomb with Him, and then remount the sky!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "dross" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
07/19/2005
