Religion

Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 46

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity (1767) · Osborn ed., vol. 7 (1870)

Religion

Thy Divinity's adorer,
Thee that I may truly know,
Jesus, be my soul's restorer,
Bleeding Lamb, appear below,
God expiring on the tree,
Love, be manifest in me.
Sharer of Thy dereliction,
Joining in Thy plaintive cry,
Pain'd with Thy extreme affliction
Let my broken heart reply,
O let all within me moan.
Echo back Thy dying groan!

; Here would I maintain my station,
Never from the cross remove,
Till I in my last temptation
Pay Thee back Thy dearest love,
Faint into Thy arms away,
Die into immortal day.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 46.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1977/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 46.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1977/.

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