Religion

Matthew 8:20: Away this soft, luxurious pride

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Away this soft, luxurious pride!
A pilgrim rather let me rove,
Poor with the Son of Man abide,
And have no comfort, but His love!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 8:20: Away this soft, luxurious pride.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4081/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 8:20: Away this soft, luxurious pride.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4081/.

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