C. H. M.

Mrs. Hemans.

The Agony in the Garden.

1 He knelt; the Saviour knelt and prayed,

When but his Father’s eye

Looked, through the lonely garden’s shade,

On that dread agony;

He poured in prayer his suppliant breath,

Bowed down with sorrow unto death.

2 The sun went down in fearful hour;