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Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind , Obedient passions and a will resign'd
; For love , which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience , sov'reign o'er
transmuted ill ; For faith , that , panting for a happier seat , Counts death kind ...
Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind , Obedient passions and a will resign'd
; For love , which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience , sov'reign o'er
transmuted ill ; For faith , that , panting for a happier seat , Counts death kind ...
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But ah ! how oft ev'n these By stern Affliction's hand are snatch'd away , Ere yet
experience proves them vain , and shews That earthly pleasures to a heavenly
mind Are but the shadows of substantial bliss ? But Pleasure rais'd by Virtue's ...
But ah ! how oft ev'n these By stern Affliction's hand are snatch'd away , Ere yet
experience proves them vain , and shews That earthly pleasures to a heavenly
mind Are but the shadows of substantial bliss ? But Pleasure rais'd by Virtue's ...
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When the mind's free The body's delicate ; the tempest in my mind Doth from my
senses take all feeling else . -Filial ingratitude ! Is it not as this mouth should tear
this hand , For lifting food to it ? When we our betters see bearing our woes , We ...
When the mind's free The body's delicate ; the tempest in my mind Doth from my
senses take all feeling else . -Filial ingratitude ! Is it not as this mouth should tear
this hand , For lifting food to it ? When we our betters see bearing our woes , We ...
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My minde to me a kingdome is ; Such perfect joy therein I finde , As far exceeds
all earthly blisse , That God or Nature hath assignde : Though much I want , that
most would have , Yet still my mind forbids to crave . Content I live : this is my stay
...
My minde to me a kingdome is ; Such perfect joy therein I finde , As far exceeds
all earthly blisse , That God or Nature hath assignde : Though much I want , that
most would have , Yet still my mind forbids to crave . Content I live : this is my stay
...
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Their masters ' an ' their mistress's command , The younkers a ' are warned to
obey ; An ' mind their labours wi ' an eydent 12 hand , “ An ' ne'er , tho ' out o'sight
, to jouk 13 or play ! * An ' O ! be sure to fear the LORD alway ! “ An ' mind your ...
Their masters ' an ' their mistress's command , The younkers a ' are warned to
obey ; An ' mind their labours wi ' an eydent 12 hand , “ An ' ne'er , tho ' out o'sight
, to jouk 13 or play ! * An ' O ! be sure to fear the LORD alway ! “ An ' mind your ...
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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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