"O Seal mine Image on thy Heart, / O Seal it on thy Arm"

— Mason, John (1646?-1694)

Author

Mason, John (1646?-1694)

Work Title

The Song of Songs which is Solomons First Turned and then Paraphrased in English Verse [from Spiritual Songs, or, Songs of Praise to Almighty God Upon several Occasions. Together with The Song of Songs Which is Solomons. First Turn'd, then Paraphrased in English Verse. The Second Edition, Corrected, with an Addition of a Sacred Poem on Dives and Lazarus]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Richard Northcott [etc.]
Date
1685
Metaphor
"O Seal mine Image on thy Heart, / O Seal it on thy Arm"
Metaphor in Context
O Seal mine Image on thy Heart,
O Seal it on thy Arm:
For Love, like Death, doth cast its Dart;
  And Jealousie is warm.
Categories
Writing::Engraving
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "seal" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/17/2005
Date of Review
01/20/2009

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