The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

VOLUME I.

II.

III.

IV.

[HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.]

II.

HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.

PART I.

[THE TRIAL OF FAITH]

XII.

XII. THE INWARD CROSS.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XIX. FOR THE BROTHERHOOD.

XX.

XX. ANOTHER.

XXI.

XXI. ANOTHER.

XXII.

[DESIRING TO PRAY]

[ON THE LOSS OF HIS FRIENDS]

XLII.

XLII. WRITTEN WHEN UNDER REPROACH.

XLIII.

XLIII. ANOTHER.

[DESIRING DEATH]

LIV.

LIV. ON THE DEATH OF SAMUEL HITCHENS.

LV.

LV. FOR ONE DEPARTING.

[ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND]

[ON THE DEATH OF THOMAS BEARD, WHO WAS IMPRESSED FOR A SOLDIER, AND DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AT NEWCASTLE.]

LX.

LX. ON THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER WHITE.

[HYMNS OF INTERCESSION]

[HYMNS FOR THE PERSECUTED]

[HYMNS FOR THE WATCHNIGHT.]

LXXXIV.

LXXXIV. HYMNS FOR THE WATCHNIGHT.

LXXXV.

LXXXVI.

LXXXVII.

LXXXVIII.

LXXXIX.

XC.

XCI.

XCII.

XCIII.

XCIV.

XCV.

XCVI.

XCVII.

XCVIII.

XCIX.

C. THE SAME. INNOCENT DIVERSIONS.

CI.

CII.

II.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

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1489.

[In vain doth earthly bliss afford]

The gourd withered. —iv. 7.

In vain doth earthly bliss afford
A momentary shade;
It rises like the prophet's gourd,
And withers o'er my head:

But of my Saviour's love possess'd
No more for earth I pine,
Secure of everlasting rest
Beneath the heavenly Vine.

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1489.

[In vain doth earthly bliss afford]