Alas, What a Wretched Life

Alas! What a wretched life is this! Nay what a death! Where tyrant Love commandeth! My flow'ring days are in their prime declining.
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Her father was a timber merchant, and at the same time officiated as the lay pastor of the Baptist Society at Broughton. Her mother died when she was 3. At the age of 19 she became an invalid after injuring her hip. At the age of 21 she was engaged to be married but her fiance drowned the day of the wedding. On the occasion of his death she wrote the hymn "When I survey life's varied scenes.

Despite her sufferings she maintained a cheerful attitude. She published a book of poetry Poems on subjects chiefly devotional in under the pseudonym "Theodosia. How oft, alas, this [our] wretched [sinful] [wicked] heart First Line: How oft, alas, this [our] wretched [sinful] [wicked] heart Author: How oft, alas, this wretched heart First Line: How oft, alas, this wretched heart Author: Watts' Psalms and Hymns Display Title: Watt's Psalms and Hymn H.

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Alas, What a Wretched Life Sheet Music by John Wilbye

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