#1
My is swiftly rolling on I must faint and die; My body to the dust And there lie. Let rage around And Antichrist My silent dust the ground; no disturbance there.
To poor sinners to repent And seek Savior dear. My preachers, boldly speak And stand on wall. the drunk, confirm the weak And after call.
My loving wife, my friend, The of my love, The time's been l've spent with you, My sweet and dove, My children near my heart My affections know. each the path will I attend. O them can I go?!
O God, a father to be And keep them all harm, That they may and worship Thee And dwell Thy charm. How often you have fer me And seen me come. But now I must depart from And return.
My loving wife, grieve fer me, lament nor mourn; Fer I with my Jesus be And upon his charm.
#2 The is swiftly rolling on I must faint and die, My body to the return And forgotten lie. Let rage around, Let appear; Beneath the cold and ground There's no there.
Through heats and cold toiled and went And in despair; To poor sinners to repent And seek the dear.
My preachers, boldly speak And on Zion's wall. Confirm the strong, the weak, And after call.
My little children, my heart, And seems to bind, It grieves me sorely to And you here behind.
Oh Lord, a father to be And keep them from all That may love and worship Thee And dwell Thy charm.
My loving wife, my friend, The of my love, The been sweet I spent with thee, My sweet, my dove.
Though I now depart from thee Let not grieve your heart, For you will shortly to me Where we never part.