...! Why thus depriv'd thy prime decree? Sun, moon, and ftars, are dark to me 1 ( 4 ) CHORUS. O firft- created beam, and thou great Word ! Let there be light ! and light was over all ; One heav'nly blaze fhone round this -earthly ball ! To thy dark fervant life by light afford. SONG....

...ftill as a fool, In power of others, never in my own ; Scarce half I feem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipfe Without all hope of day ! O firft created beam, and thou great word, JLet there be light, and...

...dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipfe Without all hope of day ! O fird created Beam, and thou great Word,. Let there be light,...over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree Ï The fun to me is dark, And filent, as the moon When (he deferís the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar...

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...concluded by fuch expoftulations and wifhes, as reafon too often fubmits to learn from defpair : O firft created beam, and thou great word Let there be light,...all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The fun to me is dark, And filent as the moon, When ihe d eferts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar...

...concluded by fuch expopulations and wifhes, as reaCon too often fubmits to learn from defpair : O firft created beam, and thou great word Let there be light,...all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The fun to me is dark, And Clent as the moon, When fhe d^ferts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar...

...Still as a fool. In pow'r of others, never in my own, Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half: O dark ! dark ! dark ! amid the blaze of noon : Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse, Without all hopes of day." « The enjoyment of sight then being so great s. Blessing, and the loss of it so terrible...

...! Amid the blaze of noon Irrevocably dark ! Total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first-created beam ! and Thou Great Word " Let there be light ! " and light was over all, Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? ' When his people saw and thought of these dread sufferings — when they...

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...expoftula lions populations and wifhes, as reafon too often fubmitf to learn from defpair : O firft created beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; - Why am I thus berear'd thy prime decree £ The fun to me is datk, And filent as the moon, When (he deferts die night,...