Hermas, Or the Acarian Shepherds: A Poem. In Sixteen Books. The Author, John Spencer. ...T. Saint, 1772 |
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... thine ? Can thy fond hopes that darling purpose gain ? Can mortal fearch immortal cause explain ? Nature's grand order canft thou comprehend , Trace all its works , and know their deftin'd end ? Thou feeft them act , but whence , thou ...
... thine ? Can thy fond hopes that darling purpose gain ? Can mortal fearch immortal cause explain ? Nature's grand order canft thou comprehend , Trace all its works , and know their deftin'd end ? Thou feeft them act , but whence , thou ...
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... thine , Thou learn'd in mysteries , of that will divine ; Immortal being to our fouls explain , O learn us how we may that state attain ! A ftate where happiness shall ftill go on , When worlds are ceas'd , and mortal nature's done ...
... thine , Thou learn'd in mysteries , of that will divine ; Immortal being to our fouls explain , O learn us how we may that state attain ! A ftate where happiness shall ftill go on , When worlds are ceas'd , and mortal nature's done ...
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... mankind diftinguish'd fhine , In fields of light , how bright a portion's thine ! Where thousands hail thee from thefe mortal plains , And thousands yet for whom that blifs remains ; Led Led by thy virtues to that high abode , In ( 38 )
... mankind diftinguish'd fhine , In fields of light , how bright a portion's thine ! Where thousands hail thee from thefe mortal plains , And thousands yet for whom that blifs remains ; Led Led by thy virtues to that high abode , In ( 38 )
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... thine , virtue these fears difarms . • Then angel - like , MARINA we shall find , • Immortal as the beauties of her mind ! • Much more ( fhe cry'd ) but more I blush to tell , How ARMON prais'd ! —I weep - alas ! he fell— But witness ...
... thine , virtue these fears difarms . • Then angel - like , MARINA we shall find , • Immortal as the beauties of her mind ! • Much more ( fhe cry'd ) but more I blush to tell , How ARMON prais'd ! —I weep - alas ! he fell— But witness ...
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... thine ; Shall vice and folly dare thy might , And mock at love divine ! Or fhall the ftubborn breaft rebel , Preferring guilt and fin ; Dares the proud heart its faviour tell Thou shalt not enter in . O heavenly fhepherd ! juft , benign ...
... thine ; Shall vice and folly dare thy might , And mock at love divine ! Or fhall the ftubborn breaft rebel , Preferring guilt and fin ; Dares the proud heart its faviour tell Thou shalt not enter in . O heavenly fhepherd ! juft , benign ...
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æther ASTROPHIL bleffings bleft blifs boaft bofom breaſt Canft thou cauſe cou'd curfe dæmons darkneſs death defign DELIANS delight deſpair divine dreadful duft e'er earth elfe endleſs eternal everlaſting facred falfe fame fate fecret feek feem feen fhade fhall fhame fhepherd fhew fhine fhou'd filent fink firft firſt fkies fleep folemn folly fome foon form'd foul ftate ftill fublime fuch fure fwains gloom glory groan happineſs heart heaven HERMAS hope joys laft laſt life's loft mercy mifery mighty mind mortal muft muſt nature's ne'er o'er paffions plains pleaſures praiſe preſent pride purfue purſue reafon refign'd reft reign rife riſe ſcene ſhall ſhine ſkies ſpace ſpread ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thro throne treaſures truth undone unknown vaft vale vice views vifion virtue wafte wealth whence Whilft whofe Whoſe wild wiſdom wiſh wou'd