The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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VERSIONS AND PARAPHRASES OF SELECT PSALMS.

HYMNS WRITTEN in the TIME OF THE TUMULTS, JUNE 1780.

HYMNS FOR THE NATION, In 1782.

HYMNS FOR THE NATIONAL FAST, Feb. 8, 1782.

PRAYERS FOR CONDEMNED MALEFACTORS.

HYMNS FOR LOVE.

HYMNS AND POEMS,

EPITAPHS.

MISCELLANEOUS HYMNS AND POEMS.

HYMN ON THE MEANS OF GRACE.

TO BE SUNG AT A BAPTISM.

A HYMN AT THE SACRAMENT.

LINES WRITTEN ON BEING REQUESTED TO WRITE AN EPITAPH FOR THE REV. JAMES HERVEY.

ON THE FAILURE OF THE ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN A MITIGATION OF DR. DODD'S PUNISHMENT.

AN APOLOGY FOR THE ENEMIES TO MUSIC.

WRITTEN AFTER PASSING BY WHITEHALL.

AFTER READING MR. HILL'S “REMARKS,” AND “FARRAGO DOUBLE-DISTILLED.”

TO A FRIEND ON SOME LATE INFAMOUS PUBLICATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPERS. [1776.]

PARTY LOYALTY. [1780.]

THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION, WRITTEN IN THE MIDST OF THE TUMULTS, JUNE 1780.

ADDRESS TO THE CITY.

ADVICE TO THE CITY.

SECOND ADDRESS TO THE CITY.

THE MAN OF FASHION.

ON A MOTION OF THE MINORITY. [1781.]

NON TALI AUXILIO, NEC DEFENSORIBUS ISTIS TEMPUS EGET.

ON THE DECLARATION OF LORD C---, THAT “THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA BY SWORD AND FIRE IS NOT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.”

A PRAYER FOR KING GEORGE.

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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]