The Beggar

O wretched Man that I am, who shall deliver me from the Body of this Death?

Romans vii. 24.

He that from hence to be releas’d,
With Christ to live, desires,
Despises Death, and to the Stars
In Words like these aspires:

Who from this mortal Body will
Me wretched Man release;
And snatch me Wretch! from this vile World,
To Realms of purest Peace?