Come Lord and never from me go This world’s a darksome Place I find no Pleasure here below When thou dost veil thy Face There’s no such thing as Pleasure here My Jesus is my all As thou dost shine or disappear My Pleasures rise and fall Come spread thy Saviour on my Frame No sweetness is as sweet Till I get up to sing thy name Where all thy Singers meet.

Full Text: Come Lord and never from me go This world’s a darksome Place I find no Pleasure here below When thou dost veil thy Face There’s no such thing as Pleasure here My Jesus is my all As thou dost shine or disappear My Pleasures rise and fall Come spread thy Saviour on my Frame No sweetness is as sweet Till I get up to sing thy name Where all thy Singers meet.
Listed on Page Number: 322
Sampler Worked By: Phoebe Louisa Wiley
Date of Sampler: 24 September 1800
Place Sampler Made: n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page: 242
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Mason, John with anonymous additions. Penitential Cries, in Thirty Two Hymns, 2nd ed., London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1693, pp. 44-45.
Notes: Also stitched by: Yeates, Harriet. 1813, n.p., pg. 245. https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_penitential-cries-in-thi_pages-cropped-and-staine_1693.