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440 North Salem

Words: Isaac Watts, 1707

Music: Stephen Jenks, 1799. Alto W. H. Swan, 1848

Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)

My soul, come meditate the day,
And think how near it stands,
When thou must quit this house of clay,
And fly to unknown lands.

And you, mine eyes, look down and view
The hollow, gaping tomb;
This gloomy prison waits for you
Whene’er the summons come.