Verse 1
Warn’d of my dissolution near,
As on the margin of the grave,
Jesus, with humble faith and fear,
I now bespeak thy power to save:
Thou who hast tasted death for me,
Indulge me in my fond request,
And let a worm prescribe to thee
The manner of my final rest.

Verse 2
My feeble heart’s extreme desire,
If now thine eye with pity sees,
Whene’er thou dost my soul require,
O let me then be found in peace;
In active faith, and humble prayer,
Resign’d, yet longing to depart,
To rise, redeem’d from earthly care,
And see thee, Saviour, as thou art.

Verse 3
Suffice that more than threescore years
I have thine indignation borne;
Glad may I quit the vale of tears,
And, pardon’d, to thine arms return!
The tokens of thy pard’ning love,
The comforts sweet thro’ life suspend;
But, while I from the flesh remove,
Let hope and peace be in my end.

Verse 4
Walk with me thro’ the dreadful shade,
And, certified that thou art mine,
My spirit, calm and undismay’d,
I shall into thine hands resign:
No anxious doubt, no guilty gloom,
Shall damp whom Jesus’ presence chears;
My light, my life, my God, is come,
And glory in his face appears!