Religion

1 Kings 19:20: Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Thou know'st what Thou to me hast done,
Thou hast my carnal soul pass'd by,
And after Thee I swiftly run,
Thy resolute disciple I,
Wrapp'd in a covering from above,
Caught by the mantle of Thy love!

Thy dying love my heart constrains:
My all for Thy dear sake I leave,
Participate my Saviour's pains.
And with the Man of Sorrows grieve,
Accept Thine every state below:
But back from Thee I cannot go.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “1 Kings 19:20: Go back again: for what have I done to thee?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2919/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “1 Kings 19:20: Go back again: for what have I done to thee?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2919/.

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