Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Thus Agur breath'd his warm desires
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 266
Page Number: 251, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThus Agur breath'd his warm desires
"My God, two favors I require,
"in neither my request deny,
"Vouchsafe them both before I die:
"Far from my heart and tents exclude
"Those enemies to all that's good,
"Folly, whose pleasures end in death,
"And falsehood's pestilential breath.
"Be neither wealth nor want my lot;
"Below the dome, above the cot.
"Let me my life unanxious lead,
"And know nor luxury nor need."
These wishes, Lord, we make our own;
O shed in moderation down
Thy bounties, 'till this mortal breath,
Expiring, tunes thy praise in death!
But should'st thou large possessions give,
May we with thankfulness receive
The exuberance - still our God adore
And bless the needy from our store!
Or should we feel the pains of want,
Submission, resignation grant,
'Till thou shall send the wish'd supply,
Or call us to the bliss on high.