"Falters thy tongue, and fails to speak, / And heaves thy breast, and droops thy head, / Glimmers the lamp of life, and dies"
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Work Title
Date
1744
Metaphor
"Falters thy tongue, and fails to speak, / And heaves thy breast, and droops thy head, / Glimmers the lamp of life, and dies"
Metaphor in Context
Envious I view that faded cheek,
That cheek with deadly pale o'erspread;
Falters thy tongue, and fails to speak,
And heaves thy breast, and droops thy head,
Glimmers the lamp of life, and dies--
And I am here to close thine eyes.
That cheek with deadly pale o'erspread;
Falters thy tongue, and fails to speak,
And heaves thy breast, and droops thy head,
Glimmers the lamp of life, and dies--
And I am here to close thine eyes.
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Provenance
Searching "breast" and "lamp" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Wesley, John and Wesley, Charles. The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley. Ed. G. Osborn. Vol. III. London: R. Needham, 1869.
Date of Entry
01/20/2006
