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Page 39
How can my tongue , O Salem , fail To bless thy lov'd abode ? How cease the
zeal that in me glows Thy good to seek , whose walls inclose The mansion of my
God ? PSALM CXXIII . - J . Bowdler , Jun . LORD , before Thy throne we bend ...
How can my tongue , O Salem , fail To bless thy lov'd abode ? How cease the
zeal that in me glows Thy good to seek , whose walls inclose The mansion of my
God ? PSALM CXXIII . - J . Bowdler , Jun . LORD , before Thy throne we bend ...
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What now but deaths , and poverty , and wrong , The sword wide - wasting , the
reproachful tongue , And spotted plagues , that mark'd his limbs all o'er So thick
with boils , there wanted room for more ? A change so sad what mortal heart
could ...
What now but deaths , and poverty , and wrong , The sword wide - wasting , the
reproachful tongue , And spotted plagues , that mark'd his limbs all o'er So thick
with boils , there wanted room for more ? A change so sad what mortal heart
could ...
Page 73
The brightest bud that scents the vernal gale “ Was not so fragrant , and was not
so fair : “ Now the grave old alarm the gentler young , “ And all my fame's abhorr'd
contagion flee ; “ Trembles each lip , and faulters every tongue , “ That bids the ...
The brightest bud that scents the vernal gale “ Was not so fragrant , and was not
so fair : “ Now the grave old alarm the gentler young , “ And all my fame's abhorr'd
contagion flee ; “ Trembles each lip , and faulters every tongue , “ That bids the ...
Page 88
The tongue ten thousand tastes discern , Ten thousand accents yield ? How
know the lungs to heave and pant ? Or how the fringed lid To guard the fearful
eye , or brush The sullied ball unbid ? The delicate , the winding ear To image
every ...
The tongue ten thousand tastes discern , Ten thousand accents yield ? How
know the lungs to heave and pant ? Or how the fringed lid To guard the fearful
eye , or brush The sullied ball unbid ? The delicate , the winding ear To image
every ...
Page 233
Here in this silent cavern hung The ready , swift , and tuneful tongue . If
Falsehood's honey it disdain's , And , where it could not praise , was chain'd ; If ,
bold in Virtue's cause , it spoke , Yet gentle concord never broke ; That tuneful
tongue shall ...
Here in this silent cavern hung The ready , swift , and tuneful tongue . If
Falsehood's honey it disdain's , And , where it could not praise , was chain'd ; If ,
bold in Virtue's cause , it spoke , Yet gentle concord never broke ; That tuneful
tongue shall ...
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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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