"Thy prefence-Chamber is the Room / VVhere Soules and Joyes do meet"

— 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
"Thy prefence-Chamber is the Room / VVhere Soules and Joyes do meet"
Metaphor in Context
Fain would I, but I cannot move;
Sin hath Enfeebled Me.
O draw me with thy Cords of Love,
I will Run after Thee.
Thou hear'st, thou draw'st, I come, I come,
Thy Love (my God) is Sweet
Thy prefence-Chamber is the Room
VVhere Soules and Joyes do meet.
Our Earthly pleasures we forget,
To think upon Thy Love.
All upright Soules their Minds do set
On Thee, my Lord, above.
Categories
Architecture::Chamber::Presence-Chamber
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "room" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
08/29/2005

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