Death & Dying
Epitaph
From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1749) · Osborn ed., vol. 5 (1869)
Death & Dying
Three innocents lie buried here,
Who in their dawn of day
Rejoiced before the Lord to' appear,
And 'scaped at once away.
At once their pardon they received
With Jesu's blood applied,
His witnesses awhile they lived,
His witnesses they died.
Quicken'd at once they soon shall rise,
Their Saviour's joy to share:
Reader, expect Him from the skies,
And thou shalt meet Him there.
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Wesley, Charles. “Epitaph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1000/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Epitaph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1000/.
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