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The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 6 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...

1 AND am I born to die, To lay this body down? And must my trembling spirit fly Into a world unknown? A world of darkest shade, Unpierced by human thought; The dreary regions of the dead, Where all things are forgot. 2 Soon as from earth I go, What will become of me? Eternal happiness or woe Must then my portion be: Waked by the trumpet’s sound, I from my grave shall rise, And see the Judge with glory crown’d, And see the flaming skies. 3 How shall I leave my tomb? With triumph, or regret?