| Location in The Sacred Harp | ||||||
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| Stanza | Denson | Cooper | ||||
| 1 |
Why should we start, and fear to die? What tim'rous Worms we Mortals are! Death is the Gate of endless Joy, And yet we dread to enter there. |
Prospect 30b, Stanza 1 To Die No More 111b, Stanza 1 |
Prospect 30b, Stanza 1 |
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| 2 |
The Pains, the Groans, and dying Strife, Fright our approaching Souls away; Still we shrink back again to Life, Fond of our Prison and our Clay. |
Prospect 30b, Stanza 2 |
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| 3 |
O! If my LORD would come and meet, My Soul should stretch her Wings in haste, Fly fearless thro' Death's Iron Gate, Nor feel the Terrors as she pass'd. |
Prospect 30b, Stanza 3 To Die No More 111b, Stanza 2 |
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| 4 |
Jesus can make a dying Bed Feel soft as downy Pillows are, While on his Breast I lean my Head, And breathe my Life out sweetly there. |
Prospect 30b, Stanza 4 |
Prospect 30b, Stanza 2 |
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