Religion

Isaiah 1:5, 6: The whole head is sick, and the 'whole heart faint, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Corrupt alas, in every part,
Sick the head, and faint the Iieart
Through sin's severe disease!
From head to foot the fallen man
Is full of leprosy and pain,
And desperate wickedness.

Selfish, and proud, in mind and will
Nature's loathsomeness we feel
Throughout our dying soul,
Bruises, and wounds, and putrid sores,
Till Gilead's bleeding balm restores,
And Jesus speaks us whole.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 1:5, 6: The whole head is sick, and the 'whole heart faint, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3374/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 1:5, 6: The whole head is sick, and the 'whole heart faint, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3374/.

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