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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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HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.
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PART I.
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[THE TRIAL OF FAITH]
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XII. THE INWARD CROSS.
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XIII. ANOTHER.
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XIV. ANOTHER.
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XV. ANOTHER.
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XVI. THE LAST WISH.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX. FOR THE BROTHERHOOD.
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XX. ANOTHER.
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XXI. ANOTHER.
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XXII.
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[DESIRING TO PRAY]
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[ON THE LOSS OF HIS FRIENDS]
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XLII. WRITTEN WHEN UNDER REPROACH.
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XLIII. ANOTHER.
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[DESIRING DEATH]
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LIV. ON THE DEATH OF SAMUEL HITCHENS.
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LV. FOR ONE DEPARTING.
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[ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND]
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[ON THE DEATH OF THOMAS BEARD, WHO WAS IMPRESSED FOR A SOLDIER, AND DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AT NEWCASTLE.]
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LX. ON THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER WHITE.
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[HYMNS OF INTERCESSION]
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[HYMNS FOR THE PERSECUTED]
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[HYMNS FOR THE WATCHNIGHT.]
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LXXXIV. HYMNS FOR THE WATCHNIGHT.
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LXXXV. THE SAME.
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LXXXVI. THE SAME.
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LXXXVII. THE SAME.
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LXXXVIII. THE SAME.
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LXXXIX. THE SAME.
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XC. THE SAME.
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XCI. THE SAME.
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XCII. THE SAME.
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XCIII. THE SAME.
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XCIV. THE SAME.
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XCV. THE SAME.
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XCVI. THE SAME.
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XCVII. THE SAME.
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XCVIII. THE SAME.
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XCIX. THE SAME.
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C. THE SAME. INNOCENT DIVERSIONS.
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CI. THE SAME.
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CII. THE SAME.
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PART 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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1237.

[I who so oft have seen]

When . . . Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees. —v. 8.

I who so oft have seen
The tokens of Thy power,
Vilest and sinfulest of men,
O how shall I adore!
Struck by Thy piercing eyes,
Unclean in lips and heart,
I fall; and all my nature cries
“From me, O Lord depart!”
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Before Thy holiness
Shall I presume to' appear,
When purest angels hide their face,
And tremble to draw near?
What fellowship with light
Can darkness e'er maintain,
Or how shall sinners in Thy sight,
Or at Thy feet remain?
When Thou appear'st below
Thou show'st me what I am,
My darkness by Thy light I know,
And suffer all my shame;
Abash'd I see and feel
The vast disparity,
The distance inconceivable
Betwixt my God and me!
Yet Thou my Saviour art,
Whose love transcends the sky,
And canst not find it in Thy heart
To leave and let me die;
Whilst after Thee I mourn,
Thou wilt not let me faint,
But stay a sinful man to turn
Into a sinless saint.
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