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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 ... May they celestial joys rehearse , And thought to
thought with me converse ; Or , in my stead , all the night long , Sing to my Gon ...
When in the night I sleepless lie , My soul with heav'nly thoughts supply ; Let no ill
dreams disturb , my rest , No ... May they celestial joys rehearse , And thought to
thought with me converse ; Or , in my stead , all the night long , Sing to my Gon ...
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Then , when o'erwhelmed I lay with fancied woe , Thy present image cheered the
darkling scene , Methinks e'en now thy gentle dictates flow , Queen of each
thought , of each affection queen . For thou art all that Heaven itself could form ,
The ...
Then , when o'erwhelmed I lay with fancied woe , Thy present image cheered the
darkling scene , Methinks e'en now thy gentle dictates flow , Queen of each
thought , of each affection queen . For thou art all that Heaven itself could form ,
The ...
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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 ...
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And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal . All men think all men mortal , but
themselves ; Themselves , when some alarming shock of fate Strikes through
their wounded hearts . Guard well thy thought ! our thoughts are heard in heaven
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And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal . All men think all men mortal , but
themselves ; Themselves , when some alarming shock of fate Strikes through
their wounded hearts . Guard well thy thought ! our thoughts are heard in heaven
.
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This thought makes man to God a friend ; This thought doth banish pride and sin ;
This thought doth bring a man , in th ' end , Where he of Death the field shall win .
1 Though Fortune have set thee on high , “ Remember 248 Miscellaneous ...
This thought makes man to God a friend ; This thought doth banish pride and sin ;
This thought doth bring a man , in th ' end , Where he of Death the field shall win .
1 Though Fortune have set thee on high , “ Remember 248 Miscellaneous ...
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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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