Daniel Read - Mifflin - текст песни (слова)

Life, like a vain amusement, flies,
 A fable or a song;
 By swift degrees our nature dies,
 Nor can our joys be long.
 
 Almighty God, reveal Thy love,
 And not Thy wrath alone;
 O let our sweet experience prove
 The mercies of Thy throne!