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1 |
Young ladies, all attention give, You that in wicked pleasures live; One of your sex, the other day, Was called by death's cold hand away. |
Young ladies all attention give,, Stanza 1 |
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2 |
This lesson she has left for you, To teach the careless what to do; To seek Jehovah while you live, And everlasting honors give. |
Young ladies all attention give,, Stanza 2 |
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3 |
Her honored mother she addressed, While tears were streaming down her breast; She grasped her tender hands and said, 'Remember me when I am dead.' |
Young ladies all attention give,, Stanza 8 |
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4 |
She called her father to her bed, And thus, in dying anguish said: 'My days on earth are at an end, My soul is summoned to attend. |
Young ladies all attention give,, Stanza 4 |
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5 |
"Before Jehovahs awful bar, To hear my awful sentence there; And now, dear father, do repent, And read the holy Testament." |
Young ladies all attention give,, Stanza 5 (Lines 1 & 2); Stanza 6 (Lines 3 & 4) |