Distress

Distress - Crooked Still

So fades the lovely blooming flower

Frail smiling solace of an hour

So soon our transient comforts fly

And pleasure only blooms to die

Is there no kind no healing hour

To soothe the anguish of the heart

Spirit of grace be ever nigh

Thy comforts honor me to die

Let gentle patience smile on pain

Til dying hope revives again

Hope wipes the tear from sorrows eye

And faith points up towards the sky

So fades the lovely blooming flower

Frail smiling solace of an hour

So soon our transient comforts fly

And pleasure only blooms to die