Death & Dying

On the Death of Mrs. Mary Horton, May 4, 1786, Aged Thirty-Four., Part 2

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Funeral Hymns, Third Series · Osborn ed., vol. 6 (1870)

Death & Dying

r O THAT our residue of days
We all might spend in prayer, and praise
For our translated friend.
Contemplating her converse here,
Her course of piety sincere,
And her consistent end!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “On the Death of Mrs. Mary Horton, May 4, 1786, Aged Thirty-Four., Part 2.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1520/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “On the Death of Mrs. Mary Horton, May 4, 1786, Aged Thirty-Four., Part 2.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1520/.

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