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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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VOLUME VI.
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VOLUME VII.
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VOLUME VIII.
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VERSIONS AND PARAPHRASES OF SELECT PSALMS.
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HYMNS WRITTEN in the TIME OF THE TUMULTS, JUNE 1780.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATION, In 1782.
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HYMNS FOR THE NATIONAL FAST, Feb. 8, 1782.
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PRAYERS FOR CONDEMNED MALEFACTORS.
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HYMNS FOR LOVE.
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HYMNS AND POEMS,
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EPITAPHS.
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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.]
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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.
  
ANOTHER.
  
HOPE IN THE END.
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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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2774.

[Modern Athenians, hear]

All the Athenians...spent their time in, &c. —xvii. 21.

Modern Athenians, hear
Your worthless character,
Unprofitable men,
Who seem to live—in vain,
Dissolved in academic ease,
In learned luxurious idleness.
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In worse than childish play
Ye lounge your time away;
Your talents misemploy'd,
Your life a useless void,
As God who did your being give
Design'd you for yourselves to live.
Inquisitive to know
The trifling things below,
The things ye will not learn
Which precious souls concern,
Ensure your real happiness,
And seal your everlasting peace.
Yet here your curious pride
Is never satisfied,
Who restlessly pursue
On earth amusements new,
Till gasping out your idle breath
Ye feel the novelties beneath.
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