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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]
Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)

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DAVID'S REQUEST.

I

One thing I've asked of the Lord,
And one I more desire;
For three are promis'd in His Word,
The whole that I require.

II

A couch whereon to take my rest,
And daily bread to eat;
A God, to whose paternal breast,
I may my soul commit.
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III

To live to Him, and then to die
In peace with all I know;
In justice, truth, and probity,
To leave this world below.

IV

A God that will these wishes grant,
In tenderness relieve;
To whom I can unfold my want,
And will my sins forgive.

V

This God, who'er he is, shall be
My glory and my end;
And then, thro' all eternity,
My everlasting friend!
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