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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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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS [1739].
  
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PART I.
  
EUPOLIS' HYMN TO THE CREATOR.
  
SOLITUDE.
  
VIRTUE.
  
DOOMSDAY.
  
SPIRITUAL SLUMBER.
  
ZEAL.
  
ON READING M. DE RENTY'S LIFE.
  
VANITY.
  
FAREWELL TO THE WORLD.
  
GIDDINESS.
  
JOHN XV. 18, 19.
  
HYMN TO CONTEMPT.
  
THE AGONY.
  
THE THANKSGIVING.
  
THE REPRISAL.
  
MATINS.
  
EMPLOYMENT.
  
THE ELIXIR.
  
GRACE BEFORE MEAT.
  
ANOTHER.
  
GRACE AFTER MEAT.
  
ON CLEMENS ALEXANDRINUS'S DESCRIPTION OF A PERFECT CHRISTIAN.
  
AFFLICTION.
  
FRAILTY.
  
THE COLLAR.
  
GRACE.
  
GRATEFULNESS.
  
THE METHOD.
  
“GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT.”
  
THE SIGH.
  
THE FLOWER.
  
DESERTION.
  
A TRUE HYMN.
  
THE TEMPER.
  
THE SAME.
  
BITTER-SWEET.
  
A HYMN FOR MIDNIGHT.
  
AFTER CONSIDERING SOME OF HIS FRIENDS.
  
MAN'S MEDLEY.
  
MISERY.
  
THE SINNER.
  
REPENTANCE.
  
COMPLAINING.
  
HOME.
  
LONGING.
  
THE SEARCH.
  
DISCIPLINE.
  
DIVINE LOVE.
  
WRITTEN IN THE BEGINNING OF A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.
  
AFTER A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.
  
A PRAYER UNDER CONVICTIONS.
  
THE FIFTY-THIRD CHAPTER OF ISAIAH.
  
HEBREWS XII. 2.
  
GALATIANS III. 22.
  
HOPING FOR GRACE.
  
THE DAWNING.
  
PSALM CXXXIX. 23.
  
THE CHANGE.
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PART II.
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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS [1740].
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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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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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BITTER-SWEET.

From the same.

Ah, my dear, angry Lord,
Since Thou dost love, yet strike,
Cast down, and yet Thy help afford,
Sure I will do the like.
I will complain, yet praise,
Bewail, and yet approve,
And all my mournful, joyful days
I will lament, and love.
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