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... Should vexing thoughts distract thy breast ? Turn , turn to Him , in every pain ,
Whom never suppliant sought in vain ; Thy strength , in joy's ecstatic day , Thy
hope , when joy has pass'd away . PART II . O God ! my heart within me C6
Psalms .
... Should vexing thoughts distract thy breast ? Turn , turn to Him , in every pain ,
Whom never suppliant sought in vain ; Thy strength , in joy's ecstatic day , Thy
hope , when joy has pass'd away . PART II . O God ! my heart within me C6
Psalms .
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... or angel sung : Had I all knowledge , human and divine , That thought can
reach , or science can define ; And had I power to give that knowledge birth , In
all the speeches of the babbling earth ; Did Shadrach's zeal my glowing breast
inspire ...
... or angel sung : Had I all knowledge , human and divine , That thought can
reach , or science can define ; And had I power to give that knowledge birth , In
all the speeches of the babbling earth ; Did Shadrach's zeal my glowing breast
inspire ...
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... the winding ear To image every sound , The eye to catch the pleasing view ,
And tell the senses round ? Who bids the babe , new launched in life , The milky
draught arrest , And with its eager fingers press The nectar - streaming breast ?
... the winding ear To image every sound , The eye to catch the pleasing view ,
And tell the senses round ? Who bids the babe , new launched in life , The milky
draught arrest , And with its eager fingers press The nectar - streaming breast ?
Page 90
John Bowdler. H 5 1 How much has pass'd in airy dreams , In idle visionary
schemes ? But , though this time was spent amiss , How much was spent much
worse than this ? Has not thy breast with anger burn'd , And ill for ill how oft return
'd ?
John Bowdler. H 5 1 How much has pass'd in airy dreams , In idle visionary
schemes ? But , though this time was spent amiss , How much was spent much
worse than this ? Has not thy breast with anger burn'd , And ill for ill how oft return
'd ?
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To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form ; she bow'd to taste the
wave , And died ! Does youth , does beauty read the line ? Does sympathetic fear
their breast alarm ? Speak , dead Maria , breathe a strain divine ; E'en from ...
To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form ; she bow'd to taste the
wave , And died ! Does youth , does beauty read the line ? Does sympathetic fear
their breast alarm ? Speak , dead Maria , breathe a strain divine ; E'en from ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems Divine and Moral |
| Author | John Bowdler |
| Compiled by | John Bowdler |
| Publisher | C. & J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Original from | University of California Irvine |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2017 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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