JT-34-THE ALLUREMENTS OF THE WORLD FORSAKEN.

THE ALLUREMENTS OF THE WORLD FORSAKEN.

Kind heaven command my soul away,
From all sublunar things,
Nor let me make a moment’s stay,
Beneath a seraph’s wings.

I’ve seen the world unfold her arms,
And spread her smiles around,
But anguish broods beneath her charms,
And hidden tears abound.

She bears a cup of fancied joys,
And dances as she goes;
The sons of folly she decoys,
And leaves them drown’d in woes.

O, let me fly from her below,
And seek my constant rest,
Where tranquil joys serenely flow,
In heav’nly grace possess’d.

Let me arise above the fame,
Of riches and renown,
Above in earthly monarch’s name,
To an immortal crown.

My soul from all pollution clean,
Shall soar above the world,
Tho’ at me all her arrows lean,
With all her unfurI’d.

Let me from all her haunts retreat,
Her dazzling charms forbear,
Nor may the wanderings of my feet,
Be found familiar there.

I sing farewell to friendship here,
To all the world’s delight;
Her proudest glories disappear,
And close in endless night.