Religion
2 Samuel 1:17: For evil may I good return
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
For evil may I good return,
Kindness for bitter hatred show,
With pious grief sincerely mourn
The fall of my relentless foe,
His faults with tenderest love conceal,
His shining qualities commend,
And cordial consolation feel
In hope — that hope was in his end.
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Wesley, Charles. “2 Samuel 1:17: For evil may I good return.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2862/.
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Wesley, Charles. “2 Samuel 1:17: For evil may I good return.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2862/.
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