"Furnish the Table of my Heart, / Then come and be my Guest."

— 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
"Furnish the Table of my Heart, / Then come and be my Guest."
Metaphor in Context
My Lord, If I a Garden am,
Then let thy Spirit Blow,
And with its Gales refresh the same,
And make my Graces Flow.
And when thy Spirit thus hath blown,
And I do Flourish most,
Then let my Dearest Lord come down,
And Feed upon his Cost,
So poor I am, So great thou art,
Thee, Lord, how can I Feast?
Furnish the Table of my Heart,
Then come and be my Guest.
Categories
Architecture::Furniture::Table
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/13/2006

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