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The works of Mrs. Hemans

With a memoir of her life, by her sister. In seven volumes

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HYMN BY THE SICKBED OF A MOTHER.

Father! that in the olive shade
When the dark hour came on,
Didst, with a breath of heavenly aid,
Strengthen thy Son;
Oh! by the anguish of that night,
Send us down bless'd relief;
Or to the chasten'd, let thy might
Hallow this grief!
And Thou, that when the starry sky
Saw the dread strife begun,
Didst teach adoring faith to cry,
“Thy will be done;”
By thy meek spirit, Thou, of all
That e'er have mourn'd the chief—
Thou Saviour! if the stroke must fall,
Hallow this grief!