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The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

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HYMNS FOR A PROTESTANT

HYMNS FOR New-Year's-Day.

HYMNS Occasioned by the EARTHQUAKE, March 8, 1750.

AN EPISTLE To the Reverend Mr. JOHN WESLEY,

AN EPISTLE TO THE REVEREND MR. GEORGE WHITEFIELD

HYMNS FOR THE YEAR 1756, PARTICULARLY FOR THE Fast-Day, FEBRUARY 6.

Hymns for the Preachers among the Methodists (so called).

HYMNS OF INTERCESSION FOR All MANKIND.

HYMNS ON The Expected Invasion, 1759, AND FOR The Thanksgiving Day, November 20, 1759.

FUNERAL HYMNS. [SECOND SERIES.]

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FUNERAL HYMNS. THIRD SERIES. MOST OF WHICH WERE NOT PUBLISHED DURING THE AUTHOR'S LIFE.

ON THE DEATH OF MR. THOMAS HOGG, JUNE 29, 1750.

ON THE DEATH OF LADY HOTHAM, JUNE 30, 1756.

ON THE DEATH OF DR. MIDDLETON, DECEMBER 16, 1760.

ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. WILLIAM GRIMSHAW.

ON THE DEATH OF MR. JOHN MATTHEWS, DECEMBER 28, 1764.

AN HYMN ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. GEORGE WHITEFIELD.

ON THE DEATH OF MR. JOHN BOULT, NOVEMBER 1, 1771, AGED SEVENTY-EIGHT.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. HANNAH DEWAL.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, MARCH 27, 1772.

ON BEING DESIRED TO WRITE AN ELEGY FOR MRS. HANNAH BUTTS.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. HANNAH BUTTS.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ANNE DAVIS, NOVEMBER 5, 1775.

ON THE DEATH OF PRUDENCE BOX, JANUARY 9, 1778, AGED THIRTY-EIGHT.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH VIGOR.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. DOROTHY HARDY.

ON THE DEATH OF DR. BOYCE, FEBRUARY 7, 1779.

ON THE DEATH OF MR. THOMAS WALLER, IN HIS THIRTIETH YEAR, MAY 11, 1781.

ON THE DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM KINGSBURY, FEBRUARY 8, 1782.

ON THE DEATH OF MR. THOMAS LEWIS, APRIL, 1782.

PRAYER FOR MR. BLACKWELL, DEPARTING APRIL 21, 1782.

ON THE DEATH OF MR. EBENEZER BLACKWELL, APRIL 21, 1782.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. MARY HORTON, MAY 4, 1786, AGED THIRTY-FOUR.

ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL GALATIN.

ON THE DEATH OF MR. CHARLES WORGAN.

COMMUNION WITH A SAINT DEPARTED.

HYMNS FOR CHILDREN.

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1623.

[In unambiguous words and few]

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? &c. —i. 21.

In unambiguous words and few,
Which just suffice his mind to' express,
He disavows the praise undue,
The truth they urge him to confess
Simply declares, from falsehood free,
Nor wounds his own humility.

His own advantages of grace
If known yet he regards them not;
The good he truly doth possess
O'erlooks as slighted and forgot:
Yet while he seeks himself to hide
He hates the modest veil of pride.