she is dead and all fall down

		since disappointment and despair
		the vainness of al hopes declare
		since toss'd upon this restless main
		i strive 'gainst wind and waves in vain
		the more i struggle for the shore
		misfortunes overwhelm the more
		then since i struggle to maintain
		and strive alas to live in vain
		i'll hope no more--since prov'd and tried
		the feeble light she once supplied
		resembled but a taper's ray
		that only burns to die away
		and leave one lost in endless night
		(my follies but exposed to sight)
		then come misfortunes as you will
		oppressions sink we lower still
		haste keen despair and urge my doom
		and all that haunt the wretched come
		fate from my heart all fears expunge
		i stand resolv'd to take the plunge
		o thou great Being who resides
		far above where yon ether glides
		whose power almighty piercing eye
		marks all on earth in air and sky
		who oft (such care we ought to praise)
		this sand-grain call'd a world surveys
		nor deems unworthy of thy care
		vain men as worthless as we are
		wh ooft with liberal hands bestows
		thy guiding mercy here below
		and while our sins so multiply
		like mountains heap'd before thee lie
		so loath--so tempted to chastize
		and then to bless us in disguise
		to disappoint our restless schemes
		our airy hopes and foolish dreams
		is but to prove the empty shew
		or painting happiness below
		o thou that hears the wretched call
		thou universal friend to all...