Lord whose eyes every heart in existence survey,
Who canst regulate all with thy merciful sway,
From mine may thy grace, as a guardian, discard
Whatever might render it-selfish and hard:
O keep it from evil propensities free,
Ever mild to mankind, ever grateful to Thee:
This heart ever feels, with thy image imprest,
The more it is Christian-the more it is blest!

(C) William Hayley
01/01/2000


Best Poems of William Hayley

• Hymn To Contrition
• The Eagle.
• The Grateful Snake.
• Hymn To Humility
• The Goat.
• The Stag.
• The Lion.
• On The Fear Of Death: An Epistle To A Lady
• Two Hymns
• Hymn To Contrition.
• Hymn To The Creator
• Monitory Verses
• Hymn (since The Evening Of Life Will Soon Close)
• Epistle To A Friend, On The Divinity Of Our Saviour
• Epistle. To Mrs. Hannah More On Her Recent Publication“practical Piety”
• Epistle To The Bishop Of Landaff
• Felpham: An Epistle To Henrietta Of Lavant.
• Hymn (lord Whose Eyes Every Heart In Existence Survey)
• Hymn (make Us, O God! In Whom We Breathe, And Move)
• Hymn On Charity
• Hymn Written For The Rev. Mr. Walker, Of Chichester.