At undressing in the evening

C. Susa

These cloaths, of which I now divest

Myself, ALL SEEING EYE,

Must be one day, that day be blest

Relinquish'd and laid by.

Thou cordial sleep, to death akin,

I court thee on my knee;

O let me exit, free from sin,

Be little more than Thee.

But if much agonizing pain

My dying hour await,

The Lord be with me to sustain,

To help and to abate.

O let me meet Thee undeterr'd

By no foul stains defil'd!

According to thy holy word,

Receive me as a Child.