University of Virginia Library

2632.

[Where is the boastful tyrant's power]

Herod...sought for him, and found him not, &c. —xii. 19.

Where is the boastful tyrant's power
By wonders but confirm'd the more
In cruelty and pride!
Yet all his bloody search is vain,
He never can be found by man,
Whom God is pleased to hide.
Jesus, from hell and earth, and sin,
Thou art a place to hide me in,
My refuge sure Thou art;

271

And saved and clean escaped away,
They never shall retake their prey,
Or tear me from Thy heart.