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When in the night I sleepless lie , My soul with heav'nly thoughts supply ; Let no ill
dreams disturb , my rest , No powers of darkness me molest . May guardian
angels , while I sleep , Close to my bed their vigils keep ; Their love angelical
instil ...
When in the night I sleepless lie , My soul with heav'nly thoughts supply ; Let no ill
dreams disturb , my rest , No powers of darkness me molest . May guardian
angels , while I sleep , Close to my bed their vigils keep ; Their love angelical
instil ...
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While some poor wretches scarce can tell , Where they may lay their head , I
have a home wherein to dwell , And rest upon my bed . While others early learn
to swear , And curse , and lie , and steal , LORD , I am taught Thy Name to fear ,
And ...
While some poor wretches scarce can tell , Where they may lay their head , I
have a home wherein to dwell , And rest upon my bed . While others early learn
to swear , And curse , and lie , and steal , LORD , I am taught Thy Name to fear ,
And ...
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To bear his exiled children home , Triumphant to their rest . Even now , from
earth's remotest end , Ten thousand thousand voices blend To bless the
Saviour's power : Within Thy temple , LORD , we stand , With willing heart , a
pilgrim band ...
To bear his exiled children home , Triumphant to their rest . Even now , from
earth's remotest end , Ten thousand thousand voices blend To bless the
Saviour's power : Within Thy temple , LORD , we stand , With willing heart , a
pilgrim band ...
Page 153
The guardians yield , by force superior plied , To Int'rest , Prudence ; and to Flatt'
ry , Pride . Here Beauty falls betrayed , despised , distressed , And hissing Infamy
proclaims the rest . Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find ?
The guardians yield , by force superior plied , To Int'rest , Prudence ; and to Flatt'
ry , Pride . Here Beauty falls betrayed , despised , distressed , And hissing Infamy
proclaims the rest . Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find ?
Page 196
In peace and honour rest you here , my sons ; Secure from worldly chances and
mishaps ! Here lurks no treason , here no envy swells , Here grow no inward
grudges ; here no storms ; In peace and honor rest you here , my sons ! Lose not
a ...
In peace and honour rest you here , my sons ; Secure from worldly chances and
mishaps ! Here lurks no treason , here no envy swells , Here grow no inward
grudges ; here no storms ; In peace and honor rest you here , my sons ! Lose not
a ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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