Verse 1
Th’ Eternal mind at last is known,
The will Omnipotent obey’d,
The Father hath call’d home his Son
And numbred with th’ Immortal Dead!
Redeem’d from earth, th’ unspotted Youth
Hath join’d the Virgin-quire above,
And SEES unveil’d the God of truth,
And triumphs in his Saviour’s love.

Verse 2
Not of the world, while here he liv’d,
A stranger to its hopes and fears,
With reverence he rejoic’d, and griev’d,
Resign’d throughout his thirty years:
From vice, and every great offence
By grace miraculous secur’d,
He kept his childish innocence,
And faithful unto death endur’d.

Verse 3
A daily death thro’ life he died
In weakness, weariness, and pain,
By many a sharp affliction tried
His faith did every cross sustain:
What but th’ Invisible display’d
Coud bear him thro’ the fiery test,
While still he look’d to God for aid,
And God in all his ways confest?

Verse 4
So modest, diffident, and meek,
So small and mean in his own eyes,
Did not his life and actions speak
An humble soul without disguise?
Let Others of their virtue tell,
Their knowledge, or superior grace,
His good he studied to conceal,
And only sought his Maker’s praise.

Verse 5
Religion undefil’d and true
In works of charity is shown:
’Twas thus his loving heart we knew,
Who made the sufferer’s griefs his own,
So swift to succour the distrest,
So wise, and tender to reprove—
He clasp’d a Sister to his breast
With more than a Paternal love.

Verse 6
His soul in pure affection flow’d
To all by nature’s ties endear’d
Freely he paid the debt he owed,
The friend in every act appear’d;
The warmth of piety unfeign’d,
The flame of love unquenchable
That in his grateful bosom reign’d
Let an afflicted Parent tell.

Verse 7
For her a suffering life he liv’d,
For her a daily death he died,
With all her pains and sorrows griev’d,
On all her crosses crucified;
Willing for her on earth to stay,
And want his place above prepar’d,—
But call’d at last, he drops his clay,
And mounts, and gains a full reward.