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The Shining Light
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York
The Shining Light
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York
My former hopes are fled, Ah, whither shall I fly? When I review my ways, I see, or think I see, Forerunner of the sun,My terror now begins;
I feel, alas! that I am dead
In trespasses and sins.
I hear the thunder roar;
The Law proclaims Destruction nigh,
And Vengeance at the door.
I dread impending doom;
But sure a friendly whisper says,
"Flee from the wrath to come."
A glimmering from afar;
A beam of day, that shines for me,
To save me from despair.
It marks the pilgrim's way;
I'll gaze upon it while I run,
