"In fetters confined Our body complains, / Oppress'd is our mind , With heavier chains."
— Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Paramore
Date
1785
Metaphor
"In fetters confined Our body complains, / Oppress'd is our mind , With heavier chains."
Metaphor in Context
In fetters confined Our body complains,
Oppress'd is our mind, With heavier chains;
A burden of evils We horribly feel,
It turns us to devils, And sinks us to hell.
Oppress'd is our mind, With heavier chains;
A burden of evils We horribly feel,
It turns us to devils, And sinks us to hell.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "chains" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
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>
See also Charles Wesley, Prayers for Condemned Malefactors (London: printed by J. Paramore, at the Foundry, Upper Moorfields, 1785). <Link to ECCO>
See also Charles Wesley, Prayers for Condemned Malefactors (London: printed by J. Paramore, at the Foundry, Upper Moorfields, 1785). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/20/2011
