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How are thy servants blest O Lord! How sure is their defence! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help omnipotence. In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness I’ll adore; And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. My life, if thou preserv’st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to Thee.
How are thy servants blest O Lord! How sure is their defence! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help omnipotence. In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness I’ll adore; And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. My life, if thou preserv’st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to Thee.
Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Joseph Addison
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- Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1672–1719)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 175 · printed citation: Addison · subject: DEFENCE
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