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,