The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ ::

The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ

An Heroic Poem: Dedicated to Her Most Sacred Majesty. In Ten Books. Attempted by Samuel Wesley ... Each Book illustrated by necessary Notes, explaining all the more difficult Matters in the whole History: Also a Prefatory Discourse concerning Heroic Poetry. With Sixty Copper-Plates

Wesley, Samuel (1662-1735)

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To Mr. Samuel Wesley on his Divine Poem of the Life of CHRIST.

To the Ingenious Mr. Samuel Wesley on his Poem of the Life of CHRIST.

To my Ingenious Friend Mr. Samuel Wesley, on his Poem the Life of CHRIST.

To his Ingenious Friend Mr. Samuel Wesley, on his Excellent Poem call'd the Life of Christ.

To his Reverend Friend Mr. Samuel Wesley, on his Poem of the Life of CHRIST.

To Mr. Samuel Wesley, on his Poem of the Life of CHRIST.

II.

Christmas Caroll.

Simeon's Song, or the Nunc Dimittis.

III.

IV.

Our Saviour's Sermon of the Beatitudes, Matth. V.

Exod. XX. The Ten Commandments.

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VII.

VIII.

IX.

BOOK IX. The PASSION.

BOOK X. The RESURRECTION.

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Christmas Caroll.

Strephon.
How Claius—are we dumb with Joy?
Come tune thy Pipe to Carols sweet!
Let's welcom the celestial Boy,
And throw our Garlands at his Feet!

Claius.
I have a Lamb as pure as Snow
Which my Urania smiling gave;
Yet shall he to his Altars goe
Nor shall her Eyes the Victim save.

Strephon.
Mistaken Swain! he ne'er requires
That with such off'rings we should part:
Go give him pure and fair desires,
And praise him with an humble heart!

Claius.
Then all my hopes and all my fears
I'll to their antient Lord restore,
And all my sighs and all my tears,
His Love obtain'd, I ask no more.

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Christmas Caroll.