"'O let my Name ingraven stand, / 'Both on thy Heart and on thy Hand."
— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Humfreys, for John Lawrence
Date
1707
Metaphor
"'O let my Name ingraven stand, / 'Both on thy Heart and on thy Hand."
Metaphor in Context
"O let my Name ingraven stand,
"Both on thy Heart and on thy Hand:
"Seal me upon thine Arm; and wear
'That pledge of Love for ever there.
(p. 76)
"Both on thy Heart and on thy Hand:
"Seal me upon thine Arm; and wear
'That pledge of Love for ever there.
(p. 76)
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Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 149 entries in ESTC (1707, 1709, 1712, 1714, 1716, 1720, 1723, 1725, 1728, 1731, 1734, 1740, 1742, 1744, 1748, 1751, 1753, 1755, 1758, 1761, 1762, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800).
See Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Compos'd on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. With an Essay Towards the Improvement of Christian Psalmody, by the Use of Evangelical Hymns in Worship, As Well As the Psalms of David. By I. Watts. (London: Printed by J. Humfreys, for John Lawrence, at the Angel in the Poultrey, 1707). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, Besides His Sermons, and Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects, Several Additional Pieces, Selected from His Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author, Compiled by the Rev. George Burder, 6 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Barfield, 1810).
See Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Compos'd on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. With an Essay Towards the Improvement of Christian Psalmody, by the Use of Evangelical Hymns in Worship, As Well As the Psalms of David. By I. Watts. (London: Printed by J. Humfreys, for John Lawrence, at the Angel in the Poultrey, 1707). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, Besides His Sermons, and Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects, Several Additional Pieces, Selected from His Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author, Compiled by the Rev. George Burder, 6 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Barfield, 1810).
Date of Entry
02/14/2005
Date of Review
07/19/2011
