And Am I Only Born to Die Lyrics

And am I only born to die?
And must I suddenly comply
With nature's stern decree?

How then ought I on earth to live
While God prolongs the kind reprieve

What after death for me remains?
Celestial joys, or hellish pains
To all eternity?

And props the house of clay?
My sole concern, my single care
To watch, and tremble, and prepare
Against the fatal day

No room for mirth or trifling here
For worldly hope, or worldly fear
If life so soon is gone
If now the Judge is at the door

Nothing is worth a thought beneath
Now how I may escape the death
That never, never dies
How make mine own election sure
And, when I fail on earth, secure
A mansion in the skies

And all mankind must stand before
The inexorable throne!
No matter which my thoughts employ
A moment's misery, or joy
But O! when both shall end
Where shall I find my destined place?

Shall I my everlasting days
With fiends, or angels spend?

Jesus, vouchsafe a pitying ray
Be Thou my guide, be Thou my way
To glorious happiness
To happiness
Ah, write the pardon on my heart
And whensoe'er I hence depart
Let me depart, depart in peace
Ah, write the pardon on my heart
And whensoe'er I hence depart
Let me depart, depart in peace
Ah, write the pardon on my heart
And whensoe'er I hence depart
Let me depart, depart in peace