"Thy lovely portraiture we find / Engraven on our heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles


Date
1868
Metaphor
"Thy lovely portraiture we find / Engraven on our heart."
Metaphor in Context
Go, blessed saint, to Jesus go,
Transported from the vale below,
  Thou canst not quite depart;
Thy fair memorial stays behind,
Thy lovely portraiture we find
  Engraven on our heart.

Provenance
Searching in "heart" and "engrav" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Wesley, John and Charles. The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley: reprinted from the originals, with the last corrections of the authors; together with the poems of Charles Wesley not before published. Collected and arranged by G. Osborn: London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868. Text from Chadwyck-Healey.
Date of Entry
03/08/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.