"Not all the chains that tyrants use / Shall bind their souls to vice."
— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Author
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Printed by Rogers & Fowle, for D. Henchman in Cornhill
Date
1742
Metaphor
"Not all the chains that tyrants use / Shall bind their souls to vice."
Metaphor in Context
Not all the Chains that Tyrants use
Shall bind their Souls to Vice:
Faith, like a Conqu'ror, can produce
A thousand Victories.
(p. 113)
Shall bind their Souls to Vice:
Faith, like a Conqu'ror, can produce
A thousand Victories.
(p. 113)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Isaac Watts, Hymns and spiritual songs. In three books, 16th edition (Boston: Printed by Rogers & Fowle, for D. Henchman in Cornhill, 1742). <LInk to ECCO>
Date of Entry
02/14/2005
Date of Review
05/26/2011
