"My soul is like a wilderness, / Where beasts of midnight howl; / There the sad raven finds her place, / And there the screaming owl."
— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Clark and R. Ford
Date
1719
Metaphor
"My soul is like a wilderness, / Where beasts of midnight howl; / There the sad raven finds her place, / And there the screaming owl."
Metaphor in Context
My soul is like a wilderness,
Where beasts of midnight howl;
There the sad raven finds her place,
And there the screaming owl.
Where beasts of midnight howl;
There the sad raven finds her place,
And there the screaming owl.
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "beast" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D., 6 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Barfield, 1810).
See also The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and Applied to the Christian State and Worship (London: Printed for J. Clark and R. Ford, 1719. <Link to ECCO>
See also The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and Applied to the Christian State and Worship (London: Printed for J. Clark and R. Ford, 1719. <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/02/2012
