Wesley Corpus

Seraphick Love. Altered from [John] Norris Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), Part I Author: Charles Wesley (attributed) --- In part we only know thee here, But wait thy coming from above,-- And I shall then behold thee near, And I shall all be lost in love! Seraphick Love.72 Alter’d from Mr. Norris. Away, vain world! My heart resign; For I can be no longer thine: A nobler, a diviner guest Has took possession of my breast. He has, and must engross it all; And yet the room is still too small. In vain you tempt my heart to rove; A fairer object claims my love. At last (alas, how late!) I’ve seen One lovelier than the sons of men: The fairest of ten thousand he, Proportion all, and harmony. All mortal beauty’s but a ray Of his bright ever-shining day: All before thee must disappear, Thou only good, thou only fair. To thee my longing soul aspires With holy breathings, warm desires: To thee my panting heart does move! O pierce, fill, melt it with thy love! 72Source: John Norris, A Collection of Miscellanies (Oxford: J. Crosely, 1687), 22-24. First appeared in CPH (1738), 23-24. It was omitted from the 4th edn. (1743) and following of HSP (1739/40).