"And take possession of Thy own / And seal my heart for ever Thine."

— Wesley, John and Charles


Date
1868
Metaphor
"And take possession of Thy own / And seal my heart for ever Thine."
Metaphor in Context
(That purchase of Thy dying groan,
  That boundless charity Divine,)
And take possession of Thy own
  And seal my heart for ever Thine.

Categories
Provenance
Searching "seal" 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.
Date of Entry
04/19/2005

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