DLXXXI. Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown?

1 Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown?
Why in such dreadful haste to die?
Daring to leap to worlds unknown,
Heedless against thy God to fly?

2 Wilt thou despise eternal fate,
Urg'd on by sin's fantastic dreams,
Madly attempt th' infernal gate,
And force thy passage to the flames?

3 Stay, sinner, on the gospel plains,
Behold the God of love unfold
The glories of his dying pains,
For ever telling, yet untold.

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First Line: Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown?
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1792
Topic: Hell; Sinner reasoned with
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