A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship ‎#371

371. Man fading and reviving

1 The morning flow'rs display their sweets,
And gay their silken leaves unfold,
As careless of the noon-day heats
And fearless of the ev'ning cold.

2 Nipt by the wind's untimely blast,
Parch'd by the sun's directer ray,
The momentary glories waste,
The short-liv'd beauties die away.

3 So blooms the human face divine,
When youth its pride and beauty shows;
Fairer than spring the colors shine
And sweeter than the virgin rose.

4 Or worn by slowly rolling years,
Or broke by sickness in a day,
The fading glory disappears,
The short-liv'd beauties die away.

5 Yet these, new-rising from the tomb,
With lustre brighter far shall shine;
Revive with ever-during bloom,
Safe from diseases and decline.

6 Let sickness blast and death devour,
If heav'n must recompense our pains;
Perish the grass, and fade the flow'r,
If firm the word of God remains.

Text Information

• First Line: The morning flow'rs display their sweets
• Title: Man fading and reviving
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1845
• Topic: Consummation of Things: Death

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