"'In glad Submission bow ye down, / ' Nor steel that stubborn Heart."
— Doddridge, Philip (1702-1751)
Place of Publication
Salop
Publisher
Printed by J. Eddowes and J. Cotton
Date
1755
Metaphor
"'In glad Submission bow ye down, / ' Nor steel that stubborn Heart."
Metaphor in Context
7
"In glad Submission bow ye down,
"Nor steel that stubborn Heart;
"'Till mine inexorable Voice
"Pronounce the Word, Depart."
8
Blest Jesus, may thy Spirit breathe
On Souls, which else must dye;
For, till thy Grace reflect the Sound,
Thy Word in vain will cry.
(p. 66)
"In glad Submission bow ye down,
"Nor steel that stubborn Heart;
"'Till mine inexorable Voice
"Pronounce the Word, Depart."
8
Blest Jesus, may thy Spirit breathe
On Souls, which else must dye;
For, till thy Grace reflect the Sound,
Thy Word in vain will cry.
(p. 66)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in ECCO-TCP
Citation
11 entries in ESTC (1755, 1759, 1766, 1773, 1776, 1779, 1788, 1792, 1793, 1794).
See Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures: By the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D.D. Published from the Author's Manuscript by Job Orton. (Salop: Printed by J. Eddowes and J. Cotton: and sold by J. Waugh and W. Fenner; and J. Buckland, London, 1755). <><>
See Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures: By the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D.D. Published from the Author's Manuscript by Job Orton. (Salop: Printed by J. Eddowes and J. Cotton: and sold by J. Waugh and W. Fenner; and J. Buckland, London, 1755). <><>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014
