lovely shadow fled? fled? Hark! she bids all her friends adieu. [Continued.] 141 She justly claims our .. The blooming wonder of her years, So soon enshrin'd among the dead, So soon enshrin'd among the dead, ... She justly claims one Farewell, bright soul, While travelling through life's varied road, We lean upon our father's God; On thee our steadfast hopes recline, Through all the thorny paths we trace, In this uncertain wilderness, Where friends desert and foes invade Revive our heart and guard our head. Б trees of life bear fruits of love, And trees of life, and trees of life bear fruits Thus voices yet unform'd, shall raise Thou Parent of the human race! Thou Fountain of exhaustless grace! Thy mercy, ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own. |