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William Hayley
1745 - 1820
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The Grateful Snake
Ingratitude! of earth the shame! / Thou monster, at whose hated name, / The nerves of kindness ake;
The Halcyon
Not only men of stormy minds, / The storms of trouble know, / All creatures of this earth must find
The Hermit's Dog
Of dogs who sav'd a living friend, / Most nobly, ye have read: / Now to a nobler still attend,
The Horse
Virtue! thou hast spells divine, / Spells, that savage force controul! / What's the strongest charm of thine?
The Panther
Maternal love! thou wond'rous power, / By no base fears controul'd, / Tis truly thine, in danger's hour,
The Serpents
Now blest be Providence divine, / Surpassing human skill! / That often takes from things malign,
The Stag
Blest be the boy, by virtue nurst, / Who knows not aught of fear's controul, / And keeps, in peril's sudden burst,
The Stork
Who can forget fair freedom's bird, / That has her genuine praises heard, / Confirm'd by frequent proof?
The Swan
Kind Heaven will oft a lesson give / If mortals are inclined to learn; / To shew how simplest things that live,
Two Hymns Written for the Asylum of Female Orphans
I. / Parent to those, whose infant days / No human parent know;
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