A SUNDAY EVENING's 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. [245]-246. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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A SUNDAY EVENING's HYMN , IN SICKNESS . MY fainting heart my God would praise , And tune my trembling tongue ; Review his love thro' all my days , And bid my faith be strong . Tho' from his house his chast'ning hand , Withheld my languid frame ; His altar in my heart shall stand , And there I'll bless his name . I'll count his mercies as they rose , And thanks for each employ ; For nights of peace and calm repose , And days of health and joy . For friends , who form'd my mind with care , For all my means of grace ; Shall impious doubts then check my prayer , Tho' now he veils his face ? Resign'd , I wait a heavenly birth , When God shall call me home ; Gently he weans my heart from earth , My father bids me come . If earthly sabbaths are no more , I'll ask a seraph's lyre ; My spirit would delighted soar , And join the heavenly choir .