A HYMN IN SICKNESS. Eliza Day Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T132359 Daye, Eliza, b. ca. 1734. Poems, on Various Subjects. Liverpool Printed by J. M'Creery 1798 pp. [218]-219. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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A HYMN IN SICKNESS . THIS mortal life may soon be over , Adieu ! adieu to all I know ! The dust may soon my body cover , But whither shall my spirit go ? Ere I hope pardon thro' his blood . Or can my Saviour's ransom claim ; Or dare aspire to Heaven's abode , Tell me conscience what I am ? By him , the Universal Lord , Have I sought to be approv'd ? Him have I humbly still ador'd , And gratefully my Maker lov'd ? Are thy commands , O God of truth , Still my pleasure to obey ? Have they temper'd well my youth , And are they guards to guide my way ? And do I shew my love to thee , Whom my eyes have never seen ; By love to those who are like me , Subject to sorrow and to sin ? As all my errors I've revolv'd , Do I repent as I survey ? Them have I faithfully resolv'd , To leave thro' every future day .