Religion
2 Samuel 1:26: When lovely Jonathan is dead
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
May I not (?/ my comfort fled,
When lovely Jonathan is dead?
God unprovoked my sorrow sees,
Jesus allows the soft distress:
Hence o'er the pleasing past I rove.
Recall the wonders of his love,
And till my life of mourning end.
Lament for a departed friend!
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Wesley, Charles. “2 Samuel 1:26: When lovely Jonathan is dead.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2863/.
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Wesley, Charles. “2 Samuel 1:26: When lovely Jonathan is dead.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2863/.
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