The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12609

12609. When Sickness Shakes The Languid Frame

1 When sickness shakes the languid frame,
Each dazzling pleasure flies;
Phantoms of bliss no more obscure
Our long deluded eyes.

2 Then the tremendous arm of death
Its hated scepter shows;
And nature faints beneath the weight
Of complicated woes.

3 The tottering frame of mortal life
Shall crumble into dust,
Nature shall faint—but learn, my soul
On nature’s God to trust.

4 The man, whose pious heart is fixed
On his all gracious God,
In every frown may comfort find,
And kiss the chastening rod.

5 Nor him shall death itself alarm;
On Heav’n his soul relies;
With joy he views his Maker’s love,
And with composure dies.

Text Information

• First Line: When sickness shakes the languid frame
• Title: When Sickness Shakes The Languid Frame
• Author: Ottiwell Heginbothom
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Christian Magazine, February, 1763
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: HEREFORD
• Composer: Frederick Arthur Gore-Ouseley (1861)
• Meter: CM
• Key: g minor
• Source: Hymns Ancient and modern, 1861
• Copyright: Public Domain