Poems (Sherwin)/Why art thou cast down
"Why art thou cast down, O my Soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God." 42nd Psalm, 5th verse.
Why, Oh! my soul, why droopest thou Beneath thy earthly load?Why art thou so disquiet now, Though heaviest sorrows goad?
Oh! heed them not, for help is nigh, Thy God is ever near.Rise, Oh! my soul, look up on high, And cast away thy fear.
Though heaviest billows o'er thee roll, And threaten death around,Yet, be thou comforted my soul, Kind succour can be found.
Though deepest horrors thou can'st see, And keen affliction's rodOppress and wound and torture thee, Still hope thou in thy God.