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... foul furveys ; Tranfported with the view I'm loft In wonder , love , and praise . O how fhall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare , That glows within my ravish'd heart ? But thou canst read it there . Thy providence my life ...
... foul furveys ; Tranfported with the view I'm loft In wonder , love , and praise . O how fhall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare , That glows within my ravish'd heart ? But thou canst read it there . Thy providence my life ...
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... foul , th ' exalted lay Let each enraptur'd thought obey , And praise th Almighty's name : Lo ! heaven and earth , and feas and skies , In one melodious concert rife , To fwell th ' infpiring theme . Ye fields of light , celestial ...
... foul , th ' exalted lay Let each enraptur'd thought obey , And praise th Almighty's name : Lo ! heaven and earth , and feas and skies , In one melodious concert rife , To fwell th ' infpiring theme . Ye fields of light , celestial ...
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... foul , devoutly think , How with affrighted eyes Thou faw'ft the wide extended deep In all its horrors rife ! Confufion dwelt in ev'ry face , And fear in ev'ry heart , The ftorm was laid , the winds retir'd , Obedient to thy will ; The ...
... foul , devoutly think , How with affrighted eyes Thou faw'ft the wide extended deep In all its horrors rife ! Confufion dwelt in ev'ry face , And fear in ev'ry heart , The ftorm was laid , the winds retir'd , Obedient to thy will ; The ...
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... foul , and foftens my repofe . Before conception can employ the tongue , And mould the ductile images to found ; Before imagination stands ditplay'd , Thine eye the future eloquence can read , Yet unarray'dwith fpeech . Thou , mighty ...
... foul , and foftens my repofe . Before conception can employ the tongue , And mould the ductile images to found ; Before imagination stands ditplay'd , Thine eye the future eloquence can read , Yet unarray'dwith fpeech . Thou , mighty ...
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... foul to foul , And India joins in friendship with the pole . Here the huge potent of the fcaly train Enormous fails incumbent o'er the main , An animated ifle ! and in his way , Dafhes to heav'n's blue arch the foamy fea : When fkies ...
... foul to foul , And India joins in friendship with the pole . Here the huge potent of the fcaly train Enormous fails incumbent o'er the main , An animated ifle ! and in his way , Dafhes to heav'n's blue arch the foamy fea : When fkies ...
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