![[Header#^header-embed]] > [!SUMMARY] Introduction by [[Hester Thrale née Salusbury|Hester]] > I accommodated the following Lines to the Air, and it makes a good Opening of our new, or newly-repaird [[Tremeirchion Church|Church]]. > [!QUOTE] [[Thraliana]] entry 22, 27 January / 2 February 1804 by [[Hester Thrale née Salusbury]] > > ##### 1. > > With homely Verse, and artless Lays > Full oft these humble Roofs shall ring; > Whilst to our dear Redeemer's Praise > Rough Youths and Village Maidens sing. > Incarnate God! when he appear'd, > And Blessings all around him spread; > Who' still by radiant Myriads fear'd > He chose the poor, the lowly Shed. > > #####  2. > > And sure before he comes again, > In awful State to judge the World, > Resounding Choirs tho' he disdain > Temples & Tow'rs in Ruin hurl'd: > To unambitious Efforts kind > Pleas'd he'll permit our Rustic Lays; > Our simple Voices unrefin'd > Have Leave to sing the Saviour's Praise. ## See also ![[hester-lynch-thrale-1741-1821🔎#^hester-lynch-thrale-infoblock]] #history/person/SALUSBURY/hester-lynch-born-1741 #history/person/PIOZZI/gabriel-mario-born-before-1740 #history/place/wales/flintshire/tremeirchion ![[Footer#^footer-embed]] [^1]: Her eldest child [[Hester Maria Thrale]] aka Queeney. [^2]: "Return to your loved one" or "Return to your dear one"