And disannul the sentence Which dooms my house to woe. Let tears of contrite love My soul's pollution wash, And more devout obedience prove It How I have felt the lash. may XI. be God will hear me, With loving mercy mild, And send sweet hope to cheer me Methought its heat was gone, And on his late so feverish brow XII. He utter'd not at waking Hath sunk to rest again. I hear thee breathing deep; God save thee from all threaten'd ill By this refreshing sleep. XIII. Two sufferers meek and lowly His pains so sweetly borne guess, Had God not soothed his heart forlorn With his own tenderness. XIV. The dawn at length is breaking In yon clear frosty skies; Our servants now are shaking The slumber from their eyes. O may the coming day Bring health and peace to you, And summon me stern duty's way More straightly to pursue. All things look old and grey; There's nought below But death and woe Shall we love this world? O nay! III. Away! away! away! Heaven's fields are bright and gay; And our child dwells there In the brightest air Shall we follow him thither? O yea! IV. Away! away! away! Though rugged and steep's the way, In his sunbright crown Shall he look in vain? V. Away! away! away! O nay! In the grave where Jesus lay- Sleep sound, sweet love? O yea! VI. Away! away! away! To the realms of eternal day; Our path we must win Against sorrow and sin Shall we falter or faint? O nay! V. Away! away! away! A treasure we leave for aye, To thee and to thine, Herne Bay. VI. Away! away! away! Let's weep no more, but pray As the fifth rests in Herne Bay. STANZAS. I. WAS this too needed? must even thou, Must thou, enfranchised as thou art So nearly from sin's dark controul, Still bleed beneath the stripes which make us sinners whole? II. I thought (ah vain and selfish thought!) |