Some of his best-known hymns--as in the case of nearly all Welsh hymn-writers--relate the vision of death: the favourite theme being that of natural fear gradually overcome by the Christian faith, as in the following
| Where is Elijah's God? Wilt Thou not come at length? For all my hope and stay Is only in Thy strength: The fathers I have loved are gone; I have but Thee to lead me on. | | The breeze is blowing chill Since early afternoon; And as I feel its cold I know that Death comes soon: Nought but Thy peace can take away The grave's dark sorrow and dismay. | | The river is at hand, I see its highest wave: And how can one so weak Its stormy torrents brave? God of Elijah, come once more, Divide the waters as of yore! | | 84 Confirm my feeble faith, So fearful to advance-- Afraid to trust the word That never failed me once! And Christ is in His sovereign right, The resurrection's Life and Light. | | O morning full of peace! Its light is in the skies; The prisons of the grave Shall fall, and never rise: Nor death nor grave shall then be known, From dawn till eve, from eve till dawn. | |