Religion

Jeremiah 15:18: Ah! why am I left to complain

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)

Religion

Ah! why am I left to complain
In gloomy despair of relief?
No end of oppression and pain,
No respite, or ease of my grief!
To soothe my incurable wound
No friendly physician I see;
No balm is in Gilead found,
No promise of mercy for me.

In vain for redemption I look;
My hope in a Saviour unknown,
It passes away like a brook
Dried up in a moment and gone!
But God cannot finally fail;
The Fountain of life from above
Shall rise in the depth of the vale.
Shall flow with a current of love.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Jeremiah 15:18: Ah! why am I left to complain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3627/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Jeremiah 15:18: Ah! why am I left to complain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3627/.

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