The Sacred Harp 2012 Cooper Book Edition
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Song · Page 30b

Prospect

Lyrics

Why should we start or fear to die,
What tim’rous worms we mortals are;
Death ’tis the gate to endless joy,
But still we dread to enter there.

Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are:
While on His breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly there.