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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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HYMNS ON God's Everlasting Love.
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HYMNS ON God's Everlasting Love [Second series].
  
AN ELEGY On the Death of Robert Jones, Esq.; OF FONMON-CASTLE in Glamorganshire, SOUTH-WALES.
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ORIGINAL POEMS, EXTRACTED FROM THE THIRD VOLUME OF A COLLECTION OF MORAL AND SACRED POEMS, PUBLISHED BY JOHN WESLEY, M. A., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
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HYMNS ON THE LORD's SUPPER.
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I. As it is a Memorial of the Sufferings and Death of Christ.
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II. As it is a Sign and a Means of Grace.
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III. The Sacrament a Pledge of Heaven.
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IV. The Holy Eucharist as it implies a Sacrifice.
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V. Concerning the Sacrifice of our Persons.
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HYMN CXXVIII.
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HYMN CXXIX.
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HYMN CXXX.
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HYMN CXXXI.
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HYMN CXXXII.
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HYMN CXXXIII.
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HYMN CXXXIV.
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HYMN CXXXV.
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HYMN CXXXVI.
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HYMN CXXXVII.
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HYMN CXXXVIII.
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HYMN CXXXIX.
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HYMN CXL.
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HYMN CXLI.
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HYMN CXLII.
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HYMN CXLIII.
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HYMN CXLIV.
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HYMN CXLV.
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HYMN CXLVI.
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HYMN CXLVII.
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HYMN CXLVIII.
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HYMN CXLIX.
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HYMN CL.
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HYMN CLI.
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HYMN CLII.
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HYMN CLIII.
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HYMN CLIV.
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HYMN CLV.
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HYMN CLVI.
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HYMN CLVII.
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VI. After the Sacrament.
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Gloria Patri, &c. OR HYMNS TO THE TRINITY.
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GRACES.
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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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ANOTHER.

[Soothing, soul-composing thought!]

Soothing, soul-composing thought!
I shall soon my haven gain,
Out of mind, and clean forgot,
Far from trouble, far from pain;
Of my quiet grave possest,
I shall be with those that rest.
Let me on the image dwell,
Glory o'er my mouldering clay:
Feeble limbs, ye soon shall fail,
Life shall shortly pass away,
I shall yield my wretched breath,
Sink into the dust of death.
Swift as air my moments fly,
Less and less the destined store;
Time, like me, makes haste to die,
Time and sin shall be no more;
Sin shall here its period have,
Time be buried in my grave.
Drooping soul, rejoice, rejoice,
Here thou hast not long to stay;
Listen for the Bridegroom's voice,
Rise, my love, and come away;
Hasten to thy Lord above,
Rise, and come away, my love.
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Lo! I at Thy summons come,
This frail tabernacle leave;
Thou art my eternal home,
Now, O Lord, my soul receive,
Take me to Thy loving breast,
Take me to Thy heavenly rest.
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