"My heart like wax before the fire / Dissolves; my life doth all expire / In agonizing groans!"
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Date
1868
Metaphor
"My heart like wax before the fire / Dissolves; my life doth all expire / In agonizing groans!"
Metaphor in Context
My blood pour'd out like water is,
Sharp pangs my soul and body seize,
Disjointing all my bones;
My heart like wax before the fire
Dissolves; my life doth all expire
In agonizing groans!
Sharp pangs my soul and body seize,
Disjointing all my bones;
My heart like wax before the fire
Dissolves; my life doth all expire
In agonizing groans!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "wax" and "heart" 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.
Theme
Psalm 22
Date of Entry
03/27/2005
