She Is Dead And All Fall Down Songtext

Resembled but a taper's ray
That only burns to die away
And leave one lost in endless night
(My follies but exposed to sight)
Then come misfortunes as you will
Oppressions sink we lower still
Haste keen despair and urge my doom
And all that haunt the wretched come
Fate from my heart all fears exprunge
I stand resolv'd to take the plunge
O thou great being who resides
Far above where you ether glides
Whose power almightly piercing eye
Marks all on earth in air and sky
Who oft (such care we ought to praise)
This sand-grain call'd a world surveys
Nor deems unworthy of thy care
Vain men as worthless as we are
Who oft with liberal hands bestows
Thy gliding mercy here below And while our sins so multiply
Like mountains heap'd before thee lie
So loath -- so tempted to chastize
And then to bless us in disguise
To disappoint our restless schemes
Our airy hopes and foolish dreams
Is but to prove the empty shew
Of painted happiness below
O thou that hears the wretched call
Thou universal friend to all...