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EJACULATORY SONNET by ROYALL TYLER

First Line: THY JUDGEMENTS GOD, ARE HOLY, RIGHT, AND JUST
Last Line: O GRANT ME STILL TO PUT MY TRUST IN THEE.
Subject(s): ACCIDENTS; HORSEBACK RIDING;

THY judgements God, are holy, right, and just,
Tho' evils press, and tho' we sink to dust;
Tho' darkness shroud thy throne, and clouds thy face,
I cleave to thee and hope thy pardoning grace.

Firm is thy truth, thy promise ever sure,
And Jesus' blood my safety will procure;
Thy mercy beams with full resplendent ray,
And opes the portals of eternal day.

Before thy throne I bow beneath thy rod,
And own the arm and angry frown of God;
Thy hand I feel nor dare thy dreadful power,
Support me, God, in this tremendous hour.

What e'er my doom, what e'er my state shall be,
O grant me still to put my trust in thee.



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