Religion

Genesis 5:29: This same shall comfort us concerning our work, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)

Religion

Jesus, Thou that Noah art!
Earth again in Thee is bless'd:
Comfort Thou my troubled heart.
Be my weary spirit's rest:
Then I shall no more complain,
Never at my lot repine:
Welcome toil, and grief, and pain!
All is well, if Christ be mine.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 5:29: This same shall comfort us concerning our work, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2405/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 5:29: This same shall comfort us concerning our work, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2405/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Charles Wesley