Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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ON READING “THE CALL TO BRITAIN,”
A Copy of Verses by Philopatria.
Great is the cause, and so far good the end,Kindly to aim a fractur'd world to mend:
But better still, when influenc'd from above,
We warn with meekness, and reprove from love.
But hard the task, while in the lump we strike,
To think our own and others crimes alike;
Since partial view'd, 'tis theirs our zeal condemns,
And thinks it virtue, when its censure blames;
Not once reflecting, that the pride of grace,
Stands in Heaven's eye the foulest of the race:
Self-righteous pride! that, as it first intrudes,
Is the first sin that Heav'n itself excludes!
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