Poems on Several Occasions by Samuel Wesley. The Second Edition, with Additions |
On the Sixth and Eighth Verses of the
Fortieth Chapter of Isaiah.
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Poems on Several Occasions | ||
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On the Sixth and Eighth Verses of the Fortieth Chapter of Isaiah.
Occasioned by The Death of a Young Lady.
All Flesh is Grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the Flower of the Field.
The Grass withereth, the Flower fadeth; but the Word of our God shall stand for ever.
I
The Morning Flow'rs display their Sweets,And, gay, their silken Leaves unfold;
As careless of the Noon-day Heats,
And fearless of the Evening Cold.
II
Nip'd by the Wind's unkindly Blast,Parch'd by the Sun's directer Ray,
The momentary Glories waste,
The short-liv'd Beauties die away.
III
So blooms the Human Face Divine,When Youth its pride of Beauty shows;
Fairer than Spring the Colours shine,
And sweeter than the Virgin Rose.
IV
Or worn by slowly-rolling Years,Or broke by Sickness in a Day;
The fading Glory disappears,
The short-liv'd Beauties die away.
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V
Yet these, new rising from the Tomb,With Lustre brighter far shall shine,
Revive with ever-during Bloom,
Safe from Diseases and Decline.
VI
Let Sickness blast, and death devour,If Heav'n must recompense our Pains;
Perish the Grass, and fade the Flow'r,
If firm the Word of God remains.
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