Songs Controversial By Silent Long [i.e. T. T. Lynch] |
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EYE-SALVE. |
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I. EYE-SALVE.
Oh foolish critic and unwise,
Did you but know your Saviour,
You'd surely see with other eyes,
And change your whole behaviour:
He talked of grass, and wind, and rain,
And fig-trees, and fair weather,
And made it His delight to bring
Heaven and the earth together.
Did you but know your Saviour,
You'd surely see with other eyes,
And change your whole behaviour:
He talked of grass, and wind, and rain,
And fig-trees, and fair weather,
And made it His delight to bring
Heaven and the earth together.
He spoke of lilies, vines, and corn,
The sparrow and the raven;
And words so natural, yet so wise,
Were on men's hearts engraven:
And yeast, and bread, and flax, and cloth,
And eggs, and fish, and candles;
See! how the whole familiar world
He most divinely handles.
The sparrow and the raven;
And words so natural, yet so wise,
Were on men's hearts engraven:
And yeast, and bread, and flax, and cloth,
And eggs, and fish, and candles;
See! how the whole familiar world
He most divinely handles.
They called him “Fellow,” and “This man,”
“Deceiver,” and a “Devil;”
I'm sorry that you've learnt their plan,
And fallen to their level:
They trod His pearls beneath their feet,
The doctors were the swine:
But though their folly you repeat,
His wisdom shall be mine.
“Deceiver,” and a “Devil;”
I'm sorry that you've learnt their plan,
And fallen to their level:
They trod His pearls beneath their feet,
The doctors were the swine:
But though their folly you repeat,
His wisdom shall be mine.
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