Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1791)/Against Despair

HYMN XXXII. Against DESPAIR. OLD RALPH in the WOOD.

A raven once an Acorn took From Bashan's tallest stoutest tree; He hid it by a limpid brook, And liv'd another oak to see.

Thus Melancholy buries Hope, Which Providence keeps still alive, And bids us with afflictions cope, And all anxiety survive.