See, thou wretched slave accurst,
The end of thy excess,
Drunkenness annext to thirst,
And hell to drunkenness!
Plung’d in that infernal pool,
How wilt thou gnaw thy tongue in pain,
Water want thy tongue to cool,
And ask a drop—in vain!
See, thou wretched slave acurst
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God.”—[1 Cor.] vi. 10. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 30.
Publishing: Public Domain