"My Soul is cover'd o'er with Shame, / My Heart a Cage of Birds unclean."
Hymn LVII. The Sinner [from Sacred Hymns for the Children of God]
At least 5 entries in ESTC (1741, 1742).<br>
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John Cennick, <u>Sacred Hymns for the Children of God, in the Days of their Pilgrimage</u> (London: Printed and sold by B. Miles, 1741). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T53126">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW122999555&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;