When I lie within my bed
Sick in heart and sick in head
And with doubts discomforted
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

In the hour of my distress
When temptations me oppress
And when I my sins confess
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When the house doth sigh and weep
And the world is drown'd in sleep
Yet mine eyes the watch do keep
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When the passing bell doth toll
And the Furies in a shoal
Come to fright a parting soul
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When the tapers now burn blue
And the comforters are few
And that number more than true
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!