page 1 of 2     per page:
sorted by:

Date: 1817

"But he, the bard of every age and clime, / Of genius fruitful, ardent and sublime, / Who, from the glowing mint of fancy, pours / No spurious metal, fused from common ores, / But gold, to matchless purity refined, / And stamp'd with all the godhead in his mind."

— Gifford, William (1756-1826)

preview | full record

Date: 1825, 1868

"On her heart the answer seal."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1839-1842

"My heart within / Melts as the wax."

— Frere, John Hookham (1769-1846)

preview | full record

Date: 1868

"My heart resents Thy softening power, My heart is melting wax;"

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1868

"My heart like wax before the fire / Dissolves; my life doth all expire / In agonizing groans!"

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1868

" My heart within like wax doth melt, / And on Thy cross my nature bleeds."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1868

"And take possession of Thy own / And seal my heart for ever Thine."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1868

"And through Thy sacred blood applied / My soul shall feel its pardon seal'd"

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1868

"Assure us of Thy constant care, / And on our hearts the answer seal."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

Date: 1868

"And let our souls the kiss receive / Which seals our inward peace."

— Wesley, John and Charles

preview | full record

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