Religion

Psalm: My longing heart's desire

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

My longing heart's desire
Is to its Maker known;
Thou seest it now aspire,
Jesus, to Thee alone.
The one thing necessary,
For Thee alone I pine:
On earth I only tarry
To know that Thou art mine.

More than the consolation.
The Comforter I want;
O God of my salvation,
In me Thyself implant.
With infinite expansion.
My spirit pants for Thee,
And swells to be Thy mansion
Through all eternity.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Psalm: My longing heart's desire.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3223/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Psalm: My longing heart's desire.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3223/.

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