"My soul is all a troubled sea, / I cannot find my rest in Thee."
Groaning for Redemption. [from Hymns and Sacred Poems]
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.<br>
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From the 1742 edition <u>Hymns and Sacred Poems</u> (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). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T31325">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CGoFAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Metaphors found searching in <u>The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley</u>, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). &lt;<a href="http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007432022">Link to Hathi Trust</a>&gt;