Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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DISAPPOINTMENT NO MISFORTUNE. |
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DISAPPOINTMENT NO MISFORTUNE.
O thou hard and bitter pill!Cursed cure of many an ill;
Can'st thou think it hard in me,
As thou dost, to deal with thee;
And not only call thee names,
While my Muse thy malice blames;
But should try to extricate,
From thy hands the seals of Fate?
Yet, I own, and must defend,
Thou hast often stood my friend;
Right has been where I was wrong,
Tho' my heart with vengeance stung:
For thou often hast preserv'd,
Even when my feet had swerv'd;
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Sav'd me from the Fowler's lay:
This I own that thou hast been,
And (tho' rare) has sav'd from sin;
And from this I'd have thee still
Save me, tho' against my will;
Till the danger all is o'er,
And I need thy help more.
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