by Charles Wesley (1707 - 1788)
Come, O thou traveler unknown, whom...
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Come, O thou traveler unknown, whom still I hold but cannot see My company before is gone, and I am left alone with thee With thee all night I mean to stay, and wrestle til the break of day. In vain you struggle to get free – I never will unloose my hold. Art thou the man that died for me? The secret of thy truth unfold. Wrestling, I will not let thee go until thy name, thy nature know.
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- by Charles Wesley (1707 - 1788) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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