Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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THERE IS BUT A STEP BETWEEN ME AND DEATH.” |
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THERE IS BUT A STEP BETWEEN ME AND DEATH.”
I
That Step I take thro' all my life,However short or long:
That Step has made me all this strife,
And now shall make my song.
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It was a Step from Nature's wombInto the light of day;
And shall, ere long, salute the tomb
That hides me from its ray.
III
But that which from the world removesIts pleasures or its gains,
Alike removes from sordid loves
Its miseries and its pains.
IV
This last and solemn Step by deathThis world for ever leaves;
Nor turns again to seek that breath,
That to its God it gives.
V
Then let me for this Step prepare,And then as glad remove,
To banquet with the god I fear,
And see the God I love!
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