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Page 206
... tri'd th ' extent and stretch of grace , God's pamper'd people whom , debauch'd with ease , No king could govern nor no god could please ( Gods they had tri'd of every shape and size That god - smiths could produce , or priests devise ) ...
... tri'd th ' extent and stretch of grace , God's pamper'd people whom , debauch'd with ease , No king could govern nor no god could please ( Gods they had tri'd of every shape and size That god - smiths could produce , or priests devise ) ...
Page 309
... tri'd , When in four days he more than did . The same assurance all his words did grace ; The same majestic mildness held its place , Nor lost the monarch in his dying face . Intrepid , pious , merciful , and brave , He look'd as when ...
... tri'd , When in four days he more than did . The same assurance all his words did grace ; The same majestic mildness held its place , Nor lost the monarch in his dying face . Intrepid , pious , merciful , and brave , He look'd as when ...
Page 363
... tri'd the Scripture by tradition's force ; But you tradition by the Scripture try ; Pursu'd by Sects , from this to that you fly , Nor dare on one foundation to rely . The Word is then depos'd , and in this view You rule the Scripture ...
... tri'd the Scripture by tradition's force ; But you tradition by the Scripture try ; Pursu'd by Sects , from this to that you fly , Nor dare on one foundation to rely . The Word is then depos'd , and in this view You rule the Scripture ...
Contents
HEROIC STANZAS Consecrated to the Glorious | 3 |
ASTRAEA REDUX A Poem on the Happy | 11 |
TO MY HONOURD FRIEND DR CHARLE | 22 |
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