Religion
John 4:13: Joy in our enjoyments here
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Joy in our enjoyments here
Cannot alas be found.
Tired the gazing eye, the ear
Is glutted with the sound.
Passions with their food increase
And higher by indulgence rise,
Every creature promises,
But nothing satisfies.
Drinking cannot quench or cool
The fever of desire;
Thus inflamed the thirsty soul
Doth more and more require:
Tortured thus by gnawing pains.
And scorch'd with fire unquenchable,
Here the restless sinner gains
An antepast of hell.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 4:13: Joy in our enjoyments here.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5525/.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 4:13: Joy in our enjoyments here.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5525/.
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