"Thro' Error's maze, thro' Folly's night, / The lamp of Reason lends me light"

— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)

Author

Langhorne, John (1735-1779)

Work Title

Hymn to the Eternal Providence [from The Poetical Works of John Langhorne ... To which are prefixed, Memoirs of the Author by his Son the Rev. J. T. Langhorne ... In Two Volumes]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Mawman [by] T. Gillet
Date
1804
Metaphor
"Thro' Error's maze, thro' Folly's night, / The lamp of Reason lends me light"
Metaphor in Context
Thro' Error's maze, thro' Folly's night,
The lamp of Reason lends me light.
When stern Affliction waves her rod,
My heart confides in thee, my God!
When Nature shrinks, oppress'd with woes,
E'en then she finds in thee repose.
To thee my humble voice I raise;
Forgive, while I presume to praise.
Categories
Light::Lamp
Provenance
Searching "reason" and "lamp" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
01/20/2006

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