"That work of faith the novice blind / Would fain, on fancy's horse, leap o'er, / A shorter way to Zion find, / And fight with sin--when sin's no more."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Place of Publication
Bristol
Publisher
Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures
Date
1762
Metaphor
"That work of faith the novice blind / Would fain, on fancy's horse, leap o'er, / A shorter way to Zion find, / And fight with sin--when sin's no more."
Metaphor in Context
That work of faith the novice blind
Would fain, on fancy's horse, leap o'er,
A shorter way to Zion find,
And fight with sin--when sin's no more;
Labour, when of the prize possess'd,
And toil, when enter'd into rest.
(vol. ii, p. 323)
Would fain, on fancy's horse, leap o'er,
A shorter way to Zion find,
And fight with sin--when sin's no more;
Labour, when of the prize possess'd,
And toil, when enter'd into rest.
(vol. ii, p. 323)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "fancy" and "horse" 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 Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, 2 vols. (Bristol: Printed by E. Farley, 1762). <Link to ECCO>
See also Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, 2 vols. (Bristol: Printed by E. Farley, 1762). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/05/2012
