By Night when Others Soundly Slept

.      By night when others soundly slept
     And hath at once both ease and Rest,
     My waking eyes were open kept
     And so to lie I found it best.

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     I sought him whom my Soul did Love,
     With tears I sought him earnestly.
     He bow'd his ear down from Above.
     In vain I did not seek or cry.
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     My hungry Soul he fill'd with Good;
   He in his Bottle put my tears,
   My smarting wounds washt in his blood,
   And banisht thence my Doubts and fears.

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   What to my Saviour shall I give
   Who freely hath done this for me?
   I'll serve him here whilst I shall live
   And Loue him to Eternity