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 | The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley |  |
ON BEING DESIRED TO WRITE AN ELEGY FOR MRS. HANNAH BUTTS.
Can I describe a worth like thine,
Transcript of excellence Divine,
Though friendship urge, and love demand,
The tribute of so mean a hand?
Thy loveliness from far I see,
Thy height of Christian dignity,
But fail to utter that thou art,
Or show thine image in my heart.
Transcript of excellence Divine,
Though friendship urge, and love demand,
The tribute of so mean a hand?
Thy loveliness from far I see,
Thy height of Christian dignity,
But fail to utter that thou art,
Or show thine image in my heart.
Could I like rapid Young aspire,
Transported on his car of fire,
Or flow with academic ease,
Smooth as our own Isocrates,
Beautiful words I could not find
Expressive of so fair a mind;
But want an angel's tongue to paint
The glories of an humble saint.
Transported on his car of fire,
Or flow with academic ease,
Smooth as our own Isocrates,
Beautiful words I could not find
Expressive of so fair a mind;
But want an angel's tongue to paint
The glories of an humble saint.
O were they all on me bestow'd,
The form and lineaments of God,
His image on thy soul impress'd,
His love that fill'd thy faithful breast!
How gladly then would I ascend,
With thee, to view our heavenly Friend;
In rapturous strains His praise repeat,
And sing triumphant at thy feet!
The form and lineaments of God,
His image on thy soul impress'd,
His love that fill'd thy faithful breast!
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With thee, to view our heavenly Friend;
In rapturous strains His praise repeat,
And sing triumphant at thy feet!
| The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley | |