Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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ON A DYING CHRISTIAN
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ON A DYING CHRISTIAN
taking Leave of his Family and Friends.
Stretch'd on his couch, Fidelio meekly {lies,}
While smiling Hope sits sparkling in his eyes:
His bounding heart, inflam'd with sacred love,
Pants for the joy that's only known above;
While smiling Hope sits sparkling in his eyes:
His bounding heart, inflam'd with sacred love,
Pants for the joy that's only known above;
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His short'ning breath with heav'n-born praise inspir'd,
His soul exults with rapturous visions fir'd;
His quivering lips announce, but not express,
The dawning fulness of his happiness.
His soul exults with rapturous visions fir'd;
His quivering lips announce, but not express,
The dawning fulness of his happiness.
Thus, like a lamp that near expiring burns,
One moment brightens, and then sinks by turns,
He glows a spark; to catch it then be thine,
And light a thousand that may longer shine!
One moment brightens, and then sinks by turns,
He glows a spark; to catch it then be thine,
And light a thousand that may longer shine!
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