Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER HF 3052
NOTE: I believe there is a letter that references this poem as an insert, but it might be instead mentioned in a response letter - KA
OBJECT NAME Notebook
DATE September 6, 1836 (copied on that date)
AUTHOR “Mrs. Sigourney” (copied by Eliza Storrs)
RECIPIENT Emma Nicholas Maloney
MEDIUM Paper (pink edge, elaborate decorative embossing), ink
PEOPLE L. H. (Lydia Huntley) Sigourney
(https://hymnary.org/person/Sigourney_LH)
Note 1833 missionary hymn “Onward…”
PLACE
KEYWORDS
*Original spelling retained throughout work, content appears exactly as written.
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“As thy day, so shall thy strength be.”
“When adverse winds and waves arise,
And in my heart despondence sighs,
When life her throng of care reveals,
And weakness o’er my spirit steals;
Grateful I her the kind decree,
That “as my day, my strength shall be.”
“When, with sad footstep, memory roves
Mid smitten joys, and buried loves,
When sleep my tearful pillow flies.
And dewy morning drinks my sighs,
Still to thy promise, Lord, I flee,
That “as my day, my strength shall be.”
“One trial more must yet be past,
One pang, the keenest, and the last,
And when, with brow convulsed and pale,
My feeble quivering heart strings fail,
Redeemer, grant my soul to see
That “as her day, her strength shall be.”
New York Sept 6th 1836. Mrs. Sigourney
[IN PENCIL, LATER]
Written by my very dear friend
Eliza Storrs & sent to me a
Few weeks before leaving
New York _
[END OF LETTER]
[ADDRESS]
Miss Emma NicholasTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
