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A Comparison
The lapse of time and rivers is the same, / Both speed their journey with a restless stream; / The silent pace, with which they steal away,
A Hymn, For The Use Of The Sunday School At Olney
Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer / In heaven thy dwelling-place, / From infants made the public care,
A Living And A Dead Faith
The Lord receives his highest praise / From humble minds and hearts sincere; / While all the loud professor says
A Poetical Epistle To Lady Austen
Dear Anna,—Between friend and friend / Prose answers every common end; / Serves, in a plain and homely way,
A Tale, Founded On A Fact, Which Happened In January 1779
Where Humber pours his rich commercial stream / There dwelt a wretch, who breathed but to blaspheme; / In subterraneous caves his life he led,
Abuse Of The Gospel
Too many, Lord, abuse thy grace, / In this licentious day; / And while they boast they see thy face,
Addressed To Miss ----, On Reading The Prayer For Indifference, An Ode, By Mrs. Greville
And dwells there in a female heart, / By bounteous Heaven design’d, / The choicest raptures to impart,
Afflictions Sanctified By The Word
O how I love thy holy word, / Thy gracious covenant, O Lord! / It guides me in the peaceful way;
An Epistle To An Afflicted Protestant Lady In France
Madam,—A stranger’s purpose in these lays / Is to congratulate, and not to praise. / To give the creature the Creator’s due
An Epistle To Joseph Hill, Esq
Dear Joseph,--five and twenty years ago-- / Alas, how time escapes!--'tis even so-- / With frequent intercourse, and always sweet
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