30Before I fall into the silent grave.
A Penitential Hymn.] This piece is referred to by Anthony Wood as one of several 'anthems'. It was, he tells us, intended for Lenten use, and set by Dr. John Wilson, gentleman of the Chapel Royal. To this Dr. Wilson, Hannah thought that his collated MS. copy of King's Poems, which bears the name, had belonged, additional evidence being found in the curious fact that the Hymn appears in that copy out of order, and first.
An Elegy occasioned by Sickness.
Well did the Prophet ask, Lord, what is Man?
Implying by the question none can
But God resolve the doubt, much less define
What elements this child of dust combine.
Man is a stranger to himself, and knows
Nothing so naturally as his woes.