Poems on Several Occasions With Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. An Epistle. By Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet. The Second Edition |
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PSALM CXIV. |
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PSALM CXIV.
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When Israel fled from Ægypt's Shore,Freed from a stern Barbarian's Pow'r,
He whose Protection Israel grac'd,
In Juda his Pavilion plac'd.
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An unknown Frost surpriz'd the Flood;On Heaps the parted Waters stood:
And Jordan, struck with equal Dread,
Shrunk backward to his antient Head.
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The solid Mountains skipp'd like Rams;The rising Hills like frisking Lambs:
What unknown Frost surpriz'd the Flood?
Say, why on Heaps the Waters stood?
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Why did'st thou, Jordan! struck with Dread,Shrink backward to thy antient Head?
Say, why the Mountains skipp'd like Rams?
The rising Hills like frisking Lambs?
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Tremble, thou Earth! with rev'rend FearTremble when Jacob's God is near:
At whose Command the Rocks distil,
The Flint pours forth a weeping Rill.
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