Religion
Mark 5:3, 4: The soul o'ercome by vile desires
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
The soul o'ercome by vile desires,
When his last spark of grace expires,
Is number'd with the dead.
Buried in a foul body dwells
And all the rage of passion feels.
By sin and Satan led.
Impatient of control he flies.
Breaks through the strongest sacred ties
And ranges unconfined,
Nor shame nor conscience can restrain,
Nor all the laws of God and man
The fiend incarnate bind.
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MLA
Wesley, Charles. “Mark 5:3, 4: The soul o'ercome by vile desires.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4718/.
Chicago
Wesley, Charles. “Mark 5:3, 4: The soul o'ercome by vile desires.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4718/.
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