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... childhood blest ; Long , long , that hour is past ; but when Shall I forget the
mournful scene ! The sabbath came ; with mournful pace I sought my brother's
burial place ; That shrine , which when I last had view'd , In vigour by my side he
stood .
... childhood blest ; Long , long , that hour is past ; but when Shall I forget the
mournful scene ! The sabbath came ; with mournful pace I sought my brother's
burial place ; That shrine , which when I last had view'd , In vigour by my side he
stood .
Page 147
The service past , around the pious man , With ready zeal , each honest rustic ran
; Ev'n children follow'd with endearing wile , And pluck'd his gown to share the
good man's smile . His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest , Their welfare ...
The service past , around the pious man , With ready zeal , each honest rustic ran
; Ev'n children follow'd with endearing wile , And pluck'd his gown to share the
good man's smile . His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest , Their welfare ...
Page 181
ON THE NEW YEAR , ' Tis past - another year for ever gone Proclaims the end of
all ; with awful voice It calls the soul to thought : awhile she turns From present
scenes , and wanders o'er the past ; Or darting forward strives to pierce the veil ...
ON THE NEW YEAR , ' Tis past - another year for ever gone Proclaims the end of
all ; with awful voice It calls the soul to thought : awhile she turns From present
scenes , and wanders o'er the past ; Or darting forward strives to pierce the veil ...
Page 182
... of some rude precipice ; Unnumber'd beauties scarce obsery'd before At once
combine to charm his raptur'd view , And backward turning , oft in transport lost ,
His toils and dangers past no more are felt , But long and tedious seems the road
...
... of some rude precipice ; Unnumber'd beauties scarce obsery'd before At once
combine to charm his raptur'd view , And backward turning , oft in transport lost ,
His toils and dangers past no more are felt , But long and tedious seems the road
...
Page 199
Confess yourself to Heaven ; Repent what's past ; avoid what is to come ; Use
almost can change the stamp of nature , My words fly up , my thoughts remain
below , Words without thoughts never to Heaven go . What is a man , If his chief
good ...
Confess yourself to Heaven ; Repent what's past ; avoid what is to come ; Use
almost can change the stamp of nature , My words fly up , my thoughts remain
below , Words without thoughts never to Heaven go . What is a man , If his chief
good ...
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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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