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... Shall join my foul to thee . § 11. Another Hymn . ΑΝΟΝ , WHEN rifing from the bed of death , O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear , I fee my Maker face to face , O ! how fhall I appear ! If yet , while pardon may be found , And mercy may be ...
... Shall join my foul to thee . § 11. Another Hymn . ΑΝΟΝ , WHEN rifing from the bed of death , O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear , I fee my Maker face to face , O ! how fhall I appear ! If yet , while pardon may be found , And mercy may be ...
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... Shall my unrein'd imagination rove , To leave behind thy Spirit , and out - fly Its influence , which , with brooding wings out- spread , found . Hatch'd unfledg'd nature from the dark pro- If mounted on my tow`ring thoughts I climb ...
... Shall my unrein'd imagination rove , To leave behind thy Spirit , and out - fly Its influence , which , with brooding wings out- spread , found . Hatch'd unfledg'd nature from the dark pro- If mounted on my tow`ring thoughts I climb ...
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... shall give permif- His riper years fhould not upbraid his green : By. Puriues her close through ev'ry lane of life , Nor milles once the track , but preffes on ; Till , forc'd at last to the tremendous verge , At once the finks to ...
... shall give permif- His riper years fhould not upbraid his green : By. Puriues her close through ev'ry lane of life , Nor milles once the track , but preffes on ; Till , forc'd at last to the tremendous verge , At once the finks to ...
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... shall these Make up the full account ; not the least atom Embezzled , or mislaid , of the whole tale . Each soul shall have a body ready furnish'd ; And each fhall have his own . Hence , ye pio- phane ! Ask not , how this can be ? Sure ...
... shall these Make up the full account ; not the least atom Embezzled , or mislaid , of the whole tale . Each soul shall have a body ready furnish'd ; And each fhall have his own . Hence , ye pio- phane ! Ask not , how this can be ? Sure ...
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... Shall every high refolve devotion frames Be only lifeless founds and fpecious names ? O rather , while thy hopes and fears controul , In this ftill hour , each motion of my foul , Secure its fafety by a fudden doom , And be the foft ...
... Shall every high refolve devotion frames Be only lifeless founds and fpecious names ? O rather , while thy hopes and fears controul , In this ftill hour , each motion of my foul , Secure its fafety by a fudden doom , And be the foft ...
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