EVENING HYMN. 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. [247]-248. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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EVENING HYMN . HOW quick the passing hours have fled , And days how fast they speed ; And morning light , and evening shade , With rapid haste succeed . Still now the busy hand of toil , Our sun lights other skies ; To him whose favors on me smile , My evening praises rise . Of blessings which my life has brought , I'm lost in the survey ; For scarcely could I number out The mercies of this day . The health , the peace , the social joy , My happy hours have shar'd ; For all my wants a rich supply , Was thro' this day prepar'd . No irksome toil my time opprest , Or sloth supinely lost ; With social ease , it still was blest , Or pleasing cares could boast . I thank my God who led me on , His statutes to pursue , For any good my hand has done , And all I wish'd to do . And now I lay me down to rest , Beneath his guardian care : Unless his wisdom think it best , No danger shall come near .