Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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CONSCIENCE DISSATISFIED.
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CONSCIENCE DISSATISFIED.
Altered from HERBERT.
I
Peace, Conscience, peace—no longer frown,Nor turn my glory into grief;
Since Jesus views me as His own,
Why should'st thou envy my relief?
Or music's charms sound harsh to thee,
When music's Charmer sings in me?
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II
No more I'll heed thy peevish cry,My ears far sweeter sounds employ;
My voice shall join their harmony,
Whose songs attune extatic joy:
And if thou dost thy ghost intrude,
I have what shall that ghost exclude.
III
This then I give thee now to know,That what I mean is Jesus' blood,
That thro' my pilgrimage below,
Shall cleanse and fit me for my God;
Nor leave thee power my soul to tear
With terror's rod, or guilt's despair.
IV
And if thou still remain morose,Besides what is already done,
I'll nail thy malice to the cross,
And leave thee to expire alone;
That bloody cross on which he died,
Who for us both was crucified.
V
Cease then, thou clamorous ingrate,Thy graceless murmurings give o'er;
There, look into that book of fate,
And see thy crimes exist no more:
{O}, then, unite thy voice with mine,
Peace, Conscience, peace! for Christ is thine!
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