Hail the day that sees Him rise,
Ravished from our wishful eyes.
There are some good verses in the Whit Sunday hymn—
Granted is the Saviour’s prayer,
Sent the gracious Comforter;
and in the little-known hymn for the Epiphany—
Sons of men, behold from far,
Hail the long-expected Star![119]
but they are not equal to the others.
Of Charles Wesley’s hymns on our Lord’s Passion, the finest are those beginning