Religion
Mark 9: lie took a child, and set him in the midst, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Religion
Who would not eagerly desire
That envied infant's place?
Jesus, I to Thine arms aspire.
And pant for Thy embrace:
My ruin'd innocence re-give.
My lost simplicity,
And then with arms of love receive
A little child in me.
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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 9: lie took a child, and set him in the midst, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4827/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 9: lie took a child, and set him in the midst, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4827/.
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