Religion

Song of Solomon 5:13: Jesus, my balm for every ill

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Jesus, my balm for every ill,
My life in death Thou art;
Thy lips, as lilies pale, distil
The myrrh that heals my heart.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Song of Solomon 5:13: Jesus, my balm for every ill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3366/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Song of Solomon 5:13: Jesus, my balm for every ill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3366/.

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