Whose hand outspread each decorated grove?
If all be, then, the purchase of his blood,—
All who repent, and love, believe, obey,
Who, now redeem'd, walk in the upward way,
Cheer'd with the hope of heav'n's eternal good,—
Let me not boast of all within my thought,
Save in Christ's Cross, by which my Crown was bought.
55. DYING I AM BLEST.
Great kings must leave their thrones and rule unjust,