"My heart and flesh cry out for God: / There would I fix my soul's abode, / As birds that in the altars nest."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Work Title
Date
1743
Metaphor
"My heart and flesh cry out for God: / There would I fix my soul's abode, / As birds that in the altars nest."
Metaphor in Context
My heart and flesh cry out for God:
There would I fix my soul's abode,
As birds that in the altars nest;
There would I all my young ones bring,
An offering to my God and King,
And in Thy courts for ever rest.
There would I fix my soul's abode,
As birds that in the altars nest;
There would I all my young ones bring,
An offering to my God and King,
And in Thy courts for ever rest.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "bird" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from John and Charles Wesley, The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, Vol. VII (London: R. Needham, 1869).
Date of Entry
04/29/2012
