The Minor Poems of Joseph Beaumont ... Edited from the autograph manuscript with introduction and notes by Eloise Robinson |
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The Gentle Check
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The Gentle Check
May 19.
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One half of me was up & drest,The other still in lazy rest;
For yet my prayers I had not sayd;
When I close at her Mattens heard
A dainty-tongued Bird,
Who little thought how she did me upbrayd.
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But Guilt caught hold of every Note,And through my breast the anthem shott:
My breast heard more than did my ear,
For now the tune grew sharp & chode
Me into thoughts of God,
To whome most due my earlyer Accents were.
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How shall I blush enough to seePoor Birds prevent my praise to thee!
Dear Lord my Muse for pardon pants,
And every Tardy guilty Tone
Doth languish to a Grone:
Alas to day she sings not, but recants.
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Forgive, forgive my lazie RhymeWhich in its musik keeps not time.
Yf thy sweet Patience lets me borrow
Another Morn of Life, I give
My promise heer to strive
Before the Lark to be at heavn to morrow.
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