The Psalms of David ‎#II.II

II.II. My Thoughts on awful Subjects roll

1 My Thoughts on awful Subjects roll,
Damnation and the Dead,
What Horrors seize the guilty Soul
Upon a dying Bed!

2 Ling'ring about these mortal Shores,
She makes a long Delay,
Till like a Flood, with rapid Force
Death sweeps the Wretch away.

3 Then swift and dreadful she descends
Down to the fiery Coast,
Amongst abominable Fiends,
Herself a frightful Ghost.

4 There endless Crowds of Sinners lie,
And Darkness makes their Chains;
Tortur'd with keen Despair they cry,
Yet wait for fiercer Pains.

5 Not all their Anguish, and their Blood
For their old Guilt atones,
Nor the Compassion of a God
Shall hearken to their Groans.

6 Amazing Grace, that kept my Breath,
Nor bid my Soul remove,
Till I had learn'd my Saviour's Death,
And well insur'd his Love.

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• First Line: My Thoughts on awful Subjects roll
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1769
• Topic: Death of a Sinner terrible; Death of a Savior

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