Oh gracious God, her peace restore,
      And make her sufferings less;
   Let frenzied thoughts disturb no more,
      Or sorrow on her press.

   Pour down thy blessings, on a mind
      Encompass’d round by grief;
   Let fortune smile and friends be kind,
      To nature grant relief.

   ’Twas pure affection caus’d her tears,
      And furrow’d beauty’s face;
   But thou can lull to rest her fears,
      By thy almighty grace.

   May guardian angels plant their seat,
      Beside the lovely fair;
   While hope and comfort frequent meet,
      To keep her from despair.

   Tranquillity thou dove-ey’d maid,
      A visit quickly pay;
   Of virtue’s self, be not afraid,
      Stay with her all the day.

A MOTHER’S ADDRESS TO THE DEITY.

   Accept oh Lord! a mother’s prayer,
   And shield my child from sickness here;
   May Judah, ever constant prove
   Herself deserving of thy love: 
   Sweet Robert in this vale of tears,
   Survived with me three sickening years,
   Before it was thy will to say,
   He shall the debt of nature pay: 
   On lov’d Maria now I dwell,
   My grief for her no pen can tell;
   To spare a mother’s pangs she flew,
   To thee, ere I cou’d say adieu! 
   The babe was not a year with me,
   Ere angels wafted her to thee: 
   For Charlotte’s life, oh Lord!  I pray,
   And Robert’s too both night and day;
   Should it be thy will to call
   Them from my sight, I pray, that all
   My children may obtain a rest,
   Were souls are number’d with the blest. 
   Henry a mother’s last delight,
   Improve O Lord, his health and sight,
   That quick I find his strength increase,
   My thanks to thee, shall never cease.