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Page 83
... 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 ...
Page 85
... hope , But Conscience , in some awful , silent hour , When captivating lusts have lost their power , Perhaps when sickness , or some fearful dream , Reminds him of religion , hated theme ! Starts from the down on which she lately slept ...
... hope , But Conscience , in some awful , silent hour , When captivating lusts have lost their power , Perhaps when sickness , or some fearful dream , Reminds him of religion , hated theme ! Starts from the down on which she lately slept ...
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William Cowper. Your hope shall stand unblamed , perhaps admired , If not that hope the Scripture has required . The strange conceits , vain projects , and wild dreams , With which hypocrisy for ever teems , ( Though other follies strike ...
William Cowper. Your hope shall stand unblamed , perhaps admired , If not that hope the Scripture has required . The strange conceits , vain projects , and wild dreams , With which hypocrisy for ever teems , ( Though other follies strike ...
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The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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Aspasio beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms death declension delight design'd distant divine docet dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory go snacks grace hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour hope Hophni and Phinehas hour JOHN GILPIN land latives learn'd liberty light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapinis rapture rest rude sacred scene scenes as fair scorn seem'd shew shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste Thaida thee theme thine thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas vex'd VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste whate'er wind wisdom wonder worth youth