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O spare me , LORD , awhile , O spare , And Nature's ruin'd strength repair , E'er
life's short circuit wander'd o'er , I perish , and am seen no more . PSALM XLII.-J.
Bowdler , Jun . PART I. my soul , As panting in the sultry beam The hart desires ...
O spare me , LORD , awhile , O spare , And Nature's ruin'd strength repair , E'er
life's short circuit wander'd o'er , I perish , and am seen no more . PSALM XLII.-J.
Bowdler , Jun . PART I. my soul , As panting in the sultry beam The hart desires ...
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The senate's thanks , the gazette's pompous tale , With force resistless o'er the
brave prevail . Such bribes the rapid Greek o'er Asia whirld , For such the steady
Romans shook the world ; For such in distant lands the Britons shine , And stain ...
The senate's thanks , the gazette's pompous tale , With force resistless o'er the
brave prevail . Such bribes the rapid Greek o'er Asia whirld , For such the steady
Romans shook the world ; For such in distant lands the Britons shine , And stain ...
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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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Shew me the rampart , which o'er many a hill , Through many a valley stretched
its wide extent , Raised by that mighty monarch , to repel The roving Tartar , when
with insalt rude ' Gainst Pekin's tow'rs he bent th ' unerring bow . But what is ...
Shew me the rampart , which o'er many a hill , Through many a valley stretched
its wide extent , Raised by that mighty monarch , to repel The roving Tartar , when
with insalt rude ' Gainst Pekin's tow'rs he bent th ' unerring bow . But what is ...
Page 188
... a Father's love O'er all presiding . Blest in thoughts like these The mourner's
heart still feels a secret joy Which pleasure ne'er could yield : no murmurs now
Disturb its peace ; but every wish resign'd To wisdom , power , and goodness
infinite ...
... a Father's love O'er all presiding . Blest in thoughts like these The mourner's
heart still feels a secret joy Which pleasure ne'er could yield : no murmurs now
Disturb its peace ; but every wish resign'd To wisdom , power , and goodness
infinite ...
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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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