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... Hope , as an anchor firm and sure , holds fast The Christian vessel , and defies the blast . Hope ! nothing else can nourish and secure His new - born virtues , and preserve him pure . Hope ! let the wretch , once conscious of the joy ...
... Hope , as an anchor firm and sure , holds fast The Christian vessel , and defies the blast . Hope ! nothing else can nourish and secure His new - born virtues , and preserve him pure . Hope ! let the wretch , once conscious of the joy ...
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William Cowper Sir Humphrey Sumner Milford. Your hope shall stand unblam'd , perhaps admir'd , If not that hope the scripture has requir'd . The strange conceits , vain projects , and wild dreams , With which hypocrisy for ever teems ...
William Cowper Sir Humphrey Sumner Milford. Your hope shall stand unblam'd , perhaps admir'd , If not that hope the scripture has requir'd . The strange conceits , vain projects , and wild dreams , With which hypocrisy for ever teems ...
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... hope , long ling'ring , at last yields the ghost , The sound of pardon pierce his startled ear , He drops at once his fetters and his fear ; A transport glows in all he looks and speaks , And the first thankful tears bedew his cheeks ...
... hope , long ling'ring , at last yields the ghost , The sound of pardon pierce his startled ear , He drops at once his fetters and his fear ; A transport glows in all he looks and speaks , And the first thankful tears bedew his cheeks ...
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