English poem
Hymn CCLXV. Common Metre. Resignation in Death
by Anonymous
What cannot resignation do? It wonders can perform, That powerful charm "Thy will be done," Can lay the loudest storm.
Haste then, O resignation, haste, 'Tis thine to reconcile The mind to death; at thy approach The monster wears a smile.
What sight beneath the arch of heaven Has most of heaven to boast? The dying saint, resign'd, serene, And giving up the ghost.
O for that summit of my wish Whilst yet I draw my breath, That foretaste of eternal life, A glorious smile in death!
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