Religion
Luke 16:25: Why is he doom'd to endless pain
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Why is he doom'd to endless pain?
Did he by fraud his wealth obtain?
No; but the blessings given
On his ric/i neighbours he bestow'd,
Enjoy'd himself instead of God,
And sought no other heaven.
He had the happiness he chose,
Sensual delight and soft repose.
Magnificence and fame:
And who from earth their joys receive
Their joys they soon, like him, shall leave
For that eternal flame.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 16:25: Why is he doom'd to endless pain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5297/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 16:25: Why is he doom'd to endless pain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5297/.
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