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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 German.* 1 O THOU, to whose all-searching sight The darkness shineth as the light, Search, prove my heart; it pants for Thee: O, burst these bands, and set it free! 2 Wash out its stains, refine its dross, Nail my affections to the Cross! Hallow each thought: let all within Be clean, as Thou, my Lord, art clean. 3 If in this darksome wild I stray, Be Thou my light, be Thou my way: No foes, no violence I fear, No fraud, while Thou, my God, art near. 4 When rising floods