Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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AN EXTEMPORE THOUGHT
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AN EXTEMPORE THOUGHT
On “Lord, what is Man?”
A vaunting bubble, and a pompous shade,Time's sportive phantom, for its pastime made:
Strong in himself, and mighty in his thought,
He came from nothing, to return to nought,
If they speak true, who, fearing to believe
What Truth affirms, would fain those fears deceive;
Yet find it hard, some secret voice within,
Proving their creed the offspring of its sin,
But this eschew'd, their heart with joy receives
This glorious truth, that “Man immortal, lives!”
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