"My Ethiop soul shall change her skin; / Redeem'd from all iniquity."
— Wesley, John and Charles
Author
Place of Publication
Bristol, Bath, and London
Publisher
Printed by Felix Farley, J. Wilson, W. Frederick, and T. Harris
Date
1742
Metaphor
"My Ethiop soul shall change her skin; / Redeem'd from all iniquity."
Metaphor in Context
Speak; and an holy thing and clean
Shall strangely be brought out of me;
My Ethiop soul shall change her skin;
Redeem'd from all iniquity,
I, even I, shall then proclaim
The wonders wrought by Jesu's name.
Shall strangely be brought out of me;
My Ethiop soul shall change her skin;
Redeem'd from all iniquity,
I, even I, shall then proclaim
The wonders wrought by Jesu's name.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "skin" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
More than 11 entries in ESTC (1742, 1743, 1745, 1747, 1749, 1755, 1756). See also the many other collections of hymns which select from or incorporate hymns from the original.
From the 1742 edition Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed and sold by Felix Farley, in Castle-Green; J. Wilson in Wine-Street; and at the School-Room in the Horse-Fair: in Bath, by W. Frederick, Bookseller: and in London, by T. Harris on the Bridge; also, at the Foundery in Upper-Moor-Fields, 1742). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Metaphors found searching in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>
From the 1742 edition Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol: Printed and sold by Felix Farley, in Castle-Green; J. Wilson in Wine-Street; and at the School-Room in the Horse-Fair: in Bath, by W. Frederick, Bookseller: and in London, by T. Harris on the Bridge; also, at the Foundery in Upper-Moor-Fields, 1742). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Metaphors found searching in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>
Date of Entry
12/18/2006
Date of Review
04/29/2012
