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Thou hast lived in pain and woe, Thou hast lived in grief and fear; Now thine heart can dread no blow, Now thine eyes can shed no tear: Storms round us shall beat and rave; Thou art sheltered in the grave. Thou for long, long years hast borne, Bleeding through Life’s wilderness, Heavy loss and wounding scorn; Now thine heart is burdenless: Vainly rest for ours we crave; Thine is quiet in the grave.
Thou hast lived in pain and woe, Thou hast lived in grief and fear; Now thine heart can dread no blow, Now thine eyes can shed no tear: Storms round us shall beat and rave; Thou art sheltered in the grave. Thou for long, long years hast borne, Bleeding through Life’s wilderness, Heavy loss and wounding scorn; Now thine heart is burdenless: Vainly rest for ours we crave; Thine is quiet in the grave.
Approximate author period: c. 1724 AD · early modern
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- James Thomson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1724 AD · early modern
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 234 · printed citation: James Thomson (“B.V.”). · compiler notes excluded
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