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The Moon reveals Thee by her glimm'ring ray ; Unnumber'd Stars Thy glorious
paths display . Amidst the solemn darkness of the night , The thoughts of God my
musing soul delight . Thick shades and night Thy dread pavilion form ; In state ...
The Moon reveals Thee by her glimm'ring ray ; Unnumber'd Stars Thy glorious
paths display . Amidst the solemn darkness of the night , The thoughts of God my
musing soul delight . Thick shades and night Thy dread pavilion form ; In state ...
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Bid them be chaste , be innocent like thee , Bid them in duty's path as meekly
move ; And if so fair , from vanity as free , As firm in friendship , and as fond in
love , Tell them , tho ' ' tis an awful thing to die , ' Twas e'en to thee ; -yet the dread
path ...
Bid them be chaste , be innocent like thee , Bid them in duty's path as meekly
move ; And if so fair , from vanity as free , As firm in friendship , and as fond in
love , Tell them , tho ' ' tis an awful thing to die , ' Twas e'en to thee ; -yet the dread
path ...
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As when a traveller , who long has rov'd Through many a varied path , at length
attains Some eminence , from whence be views the land Which late he pass'd ;
groves , streams , and lawns appear , And hills with flocks adorn'd , and lofty ...
As when a traveller , who long has rov'd Through many a varied path , at length
attains Some eminence , from whence be views the land Which late he pass'd ;
groves , streams , and lawns appear , And hills with flocks adorn'd , and lofty ...
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... at Beauty's high command . Full many a path there was on ev'ry side , These
waste and wild , and those beset with flow'rs ; Where many a pilgrim wander'd far
and wide , Some bent to seek gay Pleasure's rosy bow'rs , , And some to gain ...
... at Beauty's high command . Full many a path there was on ev'ry side , These
waste and wild , and those beset with flow'rs ; Where many a pilgrim wander'd far
and wide , Some bent to seek gay Pleasure's rosy bow'rs , , And some to gain ...
Page 238
But many foes in ev'ry path were seen , Who strove by ev'ry art to stop the way ;
Here Indolence appear'd with vacant mien , And painted forms of terror and
dismay ; And there the Passions rose in dread array , And fill'd with clouds and ...
But many foes in ev'ry path were seen , Who strove by ev'ry art to stop the way ;
Here Indolence appear'd with vacant mien , And painted forms of terror and
dismay ; And there the Passions rose in dread array , And fill'd with clouds and ...
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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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