University of Virginia Library

1714.

[An impotent desire I feel]

Wilt thou be made whole? —v. 6.

An impotent desire I feel
At times to be made whole,
But vain the help of man to heal
My long distemper'd soul:
The Angel-God must from the skies
Come down to cure my pain:
Come, Saviour, now, and bid me rise,
And never sin again.