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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...

1 AND shall I, Lord, the cup decline So wisely mix’d by Love Divine, And tasted first by Thee! The bitter draught Thou drankest up, And but this single, sacred drop Hast Thou reserved for me. 2 Lo! I receive it at Thy hand, And bear by Thy benign command The salutary pain; With Thee to live I gladly die, And suffer here, above the sky With my dear Lord to reign. 3 Here only can I show my love, By suffering my obedience prove; But when Thy heaven I share, I cannot mourn for
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