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Their short lived blooming innocence

DMI number:
34686
First Line:
Their short lived blooming innocence
Last Line:
Gone from our arms to jesus gone
Poem Genre / Form:
Epitaph and Couplet
Themes:
Death
Related People
Author:
Charles Wesley
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract with variants from 'Hymn XXVI. On the Death of a Child', in 'Hymns for those that seek, and those that have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus Christ. Written by Charles Wesley' (1747), 38-9. Collection attributed to John Wesley by ECCO.
Content/Publication
Title:
A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.276
Poem Title:
On Five Children of John Lynch, who died young, 1761-1766.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed