Religion

Hymns on the Lord's Supper, 6

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns on the Lord's Supper (1745) · Osborn ed., vol. 3 (1869)

Religion

Ah, give me, Lord, my sins to mourn,
My sins which have Thy body torn;
Give me with broken heart to see
Thy last tremendous agony,
To weep o'er an expiring God,
And mix my sorrows with Thy blood.

O could I gain the mountain's height,
And look upon that piteous sight!
O that with Salenfs daughters I
Might stand and see my Saviour die,
Smite on my breast, and inly mourn,
But never from Thy cross return!

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Attributed to Charles Wesley; Osborn's edition does not distinguish the brothers

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns on the Lord's Supper, 6.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/422/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns on the Lord's Supper, 6.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/422/.

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