Classic Poem

I.

The Lord forgets his wonted grace,
Afflicted Zion said;
My God withdraws his smiling face,
Withdraws his heavenly aid.

II.

Shall the kind mother's gentle breast
No soft emotion share;
But, every tender thought supprest,
ForgeTher infant care?

III.

The helpless child, that ofTher eyes
Have watch'd with anxious thought,
While her fond breast appeas'd his cries —
And can he be forgot?

IV.

Strange as it is, yet this may be,
For creature-love is frail;
But thy Creator's love to thee,
O Zion, cannot fail.

V.

No, thy dear name engraven stands,
In characters of love,
On thy almighty Father's hands;
And never shall remove.

VI.

Before his ever-watchful eye
Thy mournful state appears,
And every groan, and every sigh
Divine compassion hears.

VII.

These anxious doubts indulge no more,
Be every fear supprest;
Unchanging truth, and love, and power,
Command thy cares to rest.