The breath of life He to this body gave,
With Him to reunite, should mercy save.
These years I’ve conversed with Him. Life serene!
One repetition more! O blissful scene!95
How pleasant heaven and earth their smiling hold!
He offers soul, mind, eye, a hundredfold!
Beyond my strength, O try me not these days!
My reason ’d fail to falter forth Thy praise.
The song of man, when uninspired by Thee,
Mere fulsome, flattering trash is seen to be.