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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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VOLUME I.
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VOLUME II.
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VOLUME III.
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VOLUME IV.
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VOLUME V.
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[HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.]
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PART II.
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[HYMNS FOR BELIEVERS.]
 CXIII. 
CXIII. HYMNS FOR BELIEVERS.
 CXIV. 
CXIV. THE SAME.
 CXV. 
CXV. THE SAME.
 CXVI. 
CXVI. THE SAME. FOR THE MORNING.
 CXVII. 
CXVII. THE SAME. FOR THE EVENING.
 CXVIII. 
CXVIII. THE SAME. AT LYING DOWN.
 CXIX. 
CXIX. THE SAME. AN ACT OF DEVOTION.
 CXX. 
CXX. THE SAME.
 CXXI. 
CXXI. THE SAME.
 CXXII. 
CXXII. THE SAME. ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
 CXXIII. 
CXXIII. THE SAME. THE WAY OF DUTY THE WAY OF SAFETY.
 CXXIV. 
CXXIV. THE SAME. BEFORE ANY WORK OF CHARITY.
 CXXV. 
CXXV. THE SAME. IN THE WORK.
 CXXVI. 
CXXVI. THE SAME.
 CXXVII. 
CXXVII. THE SAME.
 CXXVIII. 
CXXVIII. THE SAME.
 CXXIX. 
CXXIX. THE SAME.
 CXXX. 
CXXX. THE SAME.
 CXXXI. 
CXXXI. THE SAME.
 CXXXII. 
CXXXII. THE SAME.
 CXXXIII. 
CXXXIII. THE SAME.
 CXXXIV. 
CXXXIV. THE SAME.
 CXXXV. 
CXXXV. THE SAME.
 CXXXVI. 
CXXXVI. THE SAME.
 CXXXVII. 
CXXXVII. THE SAME. THANKSGIVING.
 CXXXVIII. 
CXXXVIII. THE SAME.
 CXXXIX. 
CXXXIX. THE SAME.
 CXL. 
CXL. THE SAME.
 CXLI. 
CXLI. THE SAME. THE TAKING OF JERICHO.
 CXLII. 
CXLII. THE SAME. FOR THE MORNING.
 CXLIII. 
CXLIII. THE SAME.
 CXLIV. 
CXLIV. THE SAME. BEFORE WORK.
 CXLV. 
CXLV. THE SAME. IN AN HURRY OF BUSINESS.
 CXLVI. 
CXLVI. THE SAME. FOR A FAMILY.
 CXLVII. 
CXLVII. THE SAME. ON ENTERING AN HOUSE.
 CXLVIII. 
CXLVIII. THE SAME. FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY.
 CXLIX. 
CXLIX. THE SAME. AN HOURLY ACT OF OBLATION.
 CL. 
CL. THE SAME.
 CLI. 
CLI. THE SAME.
 CLII. 
CLII. THE SAME.
 CLIII. 
CLIII. THE SAME.
 CLIV. 
CLIV. THE SAME.
 CLV. 
CLV. THE SAME.
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[FOR ONE THAT IS SICK, BEFORE USING THE MEANS OF RECOVERY]
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[FOR ONE IN PAIN]
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[FOR ONE IN A DECLINING STATE OF HEALTH]
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[FOR A SICK FRIEND]
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[AFTER A RECOVERY]
 CLXIX. 
CLXIX. FOR A SICK CHILD.
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[ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD]
 CLXXII. 
CLXXII. OBLATION OF A SICK CHILD.
 CLXXIII. 
CLXXIII. A MOTHER'S THANKSGIVING FOR THE DEATH OF HER CHILD.
 CLXXIV. 
CLXXIV. EPITAPH.
 CLXXV. 
CLXXV. EPITAPH ON MRS. SUSANNA WESLEY.
 CLXXVI. 
CLXXVI. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH WITHAM.
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[FOR A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL]
 CLXXXIX. 
CLXXXIX. FOR A MINISTER AT HIS COMING TO A PLACE.
 CXC. 
CXC. FOR THE SAME, AT HIS DEPARTURE.
 CXCI. 
CXCI. FOR A MINISTER, GOING FORTH TO PREACH.
 CXCII. 
CXCII. WRITTEN AFTER A DELIVERANCE.
 CXCIII. 
CXCIII. ANOTHER.
 CXCIV. 
CXCIV. AFTER PREACHING (IN A CHURCH).
 CXCV. 
CXCV. AFTER PREACHING TO THE STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERS.
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[AFTER PREACHING TO THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERS]
 CC. 
CC. BEFORE PREACHING TO THE COLLIERS IN LEICESTERSHIRE.
 CCI. 
CCI. WRITTEN BEFORE PREACHING AT PORTLAND.
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[BEFORE PREACHING IN CORNWALL]
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[AFTER PREACHING]
 CCVI. 
CCVI. FOR THOSE WHO BEGIN TO BE AWAKENED.
 CCVII. 
CCVII. NAOMI AND RUTH.
 CCVIII. 
CCVIII. WRITTEN AT THE LAND'S END.
 CCIX. 
CCIX. FOR A PERSON CALLED FORTH TO BEAR HIS TESTIMONY.
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.
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VOLUME VI.
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VOLUME VII.
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VOLUME VIII.
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VOLUME IX.
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VOLUME X.
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VOLUME XI.
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VOLUME XII.
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VOLUME XIII.

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CXV.

[What matters it to me]

What matters it to me,
When a few days are past,
Where I shall end my misery,
Where I shall breathe my last?
The meanest house or cot
The hoary hairs may screen
Of one who would be clean forgot,
And live and die unseen.
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Exposed I long have been
In this bleak vale of tears,
Midst scenes of vanity and sin
Consumed my threescore years:
I turn my face aside,
Sick of beholding more,
And wish the latest storm to' outride,
And reach the happy shore.
As dead already here,
Without desire or hope,
Till from this earth I disappear,
I give the creature up,
In temporal despair
Contentedly abide,
And in my flesh the tokens bear
Of Jesus crucified.
A prisoner of the Lord,
Where He appoints I wait,
In age to be renew'd, restored
To my unsinning state,
My only want I feel
Jesus my peace to know,
In Him to live, in Him to dwell,
And die to all below.
Jesus, my hope, my rest,
This load of sin remove,
Thy name, Thy nature manifest
In purity and love:
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And when in knowing Thee
The heavenly life I live,
Set my imprison'd spirit free,
And to Thyself receive.
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