A47611:2062
Spiritual melody
Spiritual melody, containing near three hundred sacred hymns. By Benjamin Keach, author of Trhopolgia, pastor of the Church of Christ meeting on Horsly-down, Southwark
London: printed for John Hancock, 1691
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
HYMN 126. Man's Life is like a Shadow.
Job 14.2. He fleeth also as a shadow, and abideth not.
1 ON Earth our days will be but few, Like as the shadow flies; Or like unto the Morning-Dew, Doth pass when Sun doth rise;
2 So do our Days, our Months, and Years, Make haste to fly away, ⟨p. 290⟩Much like the Blossom he appears, Which quickly doth decay;
3 Or like the Flower in the Spring, Whose beauty's very rare; And as the Birds in Summer sing, We may our selves compare.