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In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the house doth sigh and weep, And the world is drowned in sleep, Yet mine eyes the watch do keep, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said, ’Cause my speech is now decayed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the judgment is revealed, And that open which was sealed, When to thee I have appealed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me!
In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the house doth sigh and weep, And the world is drowned in sleep, Yet mine eyes the watch do keep, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the priest his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said, ’Cause my speech is now decayed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the judgment is revealed, And that open which was sealed, When to thee I have appealed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me!
Approximate author period: c. 1632 AD · renaissance
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- Robert Herrick
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- Approximate author period: c. 1632 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 132 · printed citation: Robert Herrick · subject: COMFORT
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