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Page 44
Young . Thrice happy Job long liv'd in regal state , Nor saw the sumptuous East a
prince so great , Whose worldly stores in such abundance flow'd , Whose heart
44 Psalms . C SCRIPTURES VERSIFIED Part of Young.
Young . Thrice happy Job long liv'd in regal state , Nor saw the sumptuous East a
prince so great , Whose worldly stores in such abundance flow'd , Whose heart
44 Psalms . C SCRIPTURES VERSIFIED Part of Young.
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O had His powerful destiny ordain'd Me some inferior angel , I had stood Then
happy ; no unbounded hope had rais'd Ambition , THE CHARACTER OF A
GOOD PARSON . Imitated from Chaucer . A parish priest was of the pilgrim - train
, An ...
O had His powerful destiny ordain'd Me some inferior angel , I had stood Then
happy ; no unbounded hope had rais'd Ambition , THE CHARACTER OF A
GOOD PARSON . Imitated from Chaucer . A parish priest was of the pilgrim - train
, An ...
Page 217
Happy , oh happy he , who , not affecting The endless toils attending worldly
cares , With mind repos'd , all discontents rejecting , In silent peace his way to
heaven prepares ! Deeming his life a scene , the world a stage , Whereon man
acts his ...
Happy , oh happy he , who , not affecting The endless toils attending worldly
cares , With mind repos'd , all discontents rejecting , In silent peace his way to
heaven prepares ! Deeming his life a scene , the world a stage , Whereon man
acts his ...
Page 219
THE HAPPY MAN . the way : How blest the man , who , free from care and strife ,
Leads not with Lux'ry , but Content , his life ; Who walks with Health , where Temp
'rance points And joins with Gratitude to praise or pray ; From Pleasure's cup ...
THE HAPPY MAN . the way : How blest the man , who , free from care and strife ,
Leads not with Lux'ry , but Content , his life ; Who walks with Health , where Temp
'rance points And joins with Gratitude to praise or pray ; From Pleasure's cup ...
Page 244
How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour
is his honest thought , And simple truth his utmost skill . Whose passions not his
masters are , Whose soul is still prepared for death , Untied unto the world by ...
How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour
is his honest thought , And simple truth his utmost skill . Whose passions not his
masters are , Whose soul is still prepared for death , Untied unto the world by ...
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| 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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