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So that we in comfort our days yet may spend,
And our constitution see pure to the end.
But what do I hear, we're completely deceiv'd,
And of our last hopes are entirely bereav'd,
For now the P——— R——— has sanctioned the bill,
And we his poor subjects must bear all that's ill.
But let us take comfort, there's One above all,
Whose ears are still open to his people's call,
And their just petitions by him shall be heard,
For the more they ask of him, the more's their reward.
He many a time has oppressors brought low,
For proof you may look into Judges, and know
How Sisera and Eglon and many beside,
By him were destroyed for oppression and pride.
Now let us request him to grant us relief,
From all our oppressions, our sorrows and grief,
For this he has promis'd, and will not deny,
But give to his people who on him rely.
