Religion

2 Kings 2:11: That chariot, in my life's short day

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

That chariot, in my life's short day
I oft have seen descend,
To tear my other self away,
To part me from my friend:
But lo, it comes my soul to' unite
With those that went before.
It whirls me to my friends in light.
Where we shall part no more.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “2 Kings 2:11: That chariot, in my life's short day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2931/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “2 Kings 2:11: That chariot, in my life's short day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2931/.

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