"My Soul is cover'd o'er with Shame, / My Heart a Cage of Birds unclean."
— Cennick, John (1718-1755)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
B. Miles
Date
1741
Metaphor
"My Soul is cover'd o'er with Shame, / My Heart a Cage of Birds unclean."
Metaphor in Context
Th' Angelic Nature me hath left,
And all my Bones are full of Sin;
My Soul is cover'd o'er with Shame,
My Heart a Cage of Birds unclean.
(p. 75)
And all my Bones are full of Sin;
My Soul is cover'd o'er with Shame,
My Heart a Cage of Birds unclean.
(p. 75)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in ECCO
Citation
At least 5 entries in ESTC (1741, 1742).
John Cennick, Sacred Hymns for the Children of God, in the Days of their Pilgrimage (London: Printed and sold by B. Miles, 1741). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
John Cennick, Sacred Hymns for the Children of God, in the Days of their Pilgrimage (London: Printed and sold by B. Miles, 1741). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
04/29/2012
