At distance seen, had roused her timid fears.

O, surely now a darker cloud appears,

Than any which had cast its sombre shade

O’er life’s fair path, in all their by-gone years:

O, who but God in such an hour could aid,

Or where but on high Heaven, could now their hearts be stayed?

XXXIV.

The heavy hearted love the throne of grace;

’Tis only there they can their burdens leave,

And all the earthborn cares that so debase,