John Newton, a former slave trader who was converted and wrote Amazing Grace, also wrote a number of other hymns. Here are some stanzas about Ecclesiastes. (from volume 2 of his works, p.127)
Disease and pain invade our health,
and find an easy prey;
And oft, when least expected, wealth
takes wings and flies away
I pity those who seek no more
Than such a world can give;
Wretched they are, and blind and poor
And dying while they live
Since sin has fill’d the earth with woe,
And creatures fade and die;
Lord, wean our hearts from things below,
And fix our hopes on high.
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