Loading…

The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 1 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The poetical publications of John and Charles Wesley originally appeared at various intervals during a span of fifty-three years. G. Osborn has collected, arranged, and provided notes for all of these important poems and hymns. Many of these works, especially those of Charles Wesley’s (whose work makes up the bulk of this collection), were never before published or published anonymously. Charles...

From the French.* 1 WORLD, adieu, thou real cheat! Oft have thy deceitful charms Fill’d my heart with fond conceit, Foolish hopes, and false alarms: Now I see as clear as day How thy follies pass away. 2 Vain thy entertaining sights, False thy promises renew’d, All the pomp of thy delights Does but flatter and delude: Thee I quit for Heaven above, Object of the noblest love. 3 Farewell Honour’s empty pride! Thy own nice, uncertain gust, If the least mischance betide, Lays thee