Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO A SICK FRIEND, by HANNAH WALLIS


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TO A SICK FRIEND, by                    
First Line: Dear girl, you're growing very thin
Last Line: Than longer living here.
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness


DEAR girl, you're growing very thin,
Your roses too are fled;
You say you are low-spirited,
And death you seem to dread.

Why do you dread this cruel foe?
He's only so through sin:
Be careful to examine oft
The state your soul is in.

Is it the terror of the law
Does on your spirits prey?
I know you strictly was brought up
In a religious way.

But as you did in Adam fall,
So must a sinner be;
My dear, you must be born again --
Look in God's Word, and see.

If you've experienced such a change,
You'll love the Saviour dear;
Then happier you will be in death,
Than longer living here.





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