Religion

Luke 14:11: Give me, O Lord, my soul to' abase

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)

Religion

Give me, O Lord, my soul to' abase.
To sink o'erwhelm'd with pardoning grace
Lower and lower yet;
But till I mount above the skies,
O may I never, never rise
From weeping at Thy feet!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 14:11: Give me, O Lord, my soul to' abase.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5259/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 14:11: Give me, O Lord, my soul to' abase.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5259/.

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