| ... An' Thou art dulcet, having delivered me from sin in which no direction was right And now, led from within the darkness, I have been given second sight! |
'Twas thou from which my core learned to cower, Yet thou who quell my cowerings! How dear that thou didst appear That time my trust was first flowering. |
| Through many threats, trials and traps I hath already roamed; But 'tis thou who hath protected me 'til now, And thou who will show me the way home. |
God avowed naught but good for me, An' His Promise my hope makes firm. My aegis and aliquot He will be, Until the time I feed the worms. |
| Verily, when my meat and heart give out, And my Earth-bound existence will end, I will be given, from beneath my shroud, A life of bliss and calm will impend. |
Soon, this world will melt like snow, The sun no longer able to shine, But the Lord, speaking to me from above, I shall keep with me, forever mine. |
| And having a century of centuries passed, As dazzling as the sun, We will have as long to rejoice in God's great deeds as when we'd first begun, at last! |