The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM XXIII.
[For subjects of exalted praise]
QUOD PETIS, HIC EST.
For subjects of exalted praise,
In Glory's arduous track,
To records of old British Days,
We look with wonder back:
In Glory's arduous track,
To records of old British Days,
We look with wonder back:
To Virtues, whose effect sublime
Shall freedom's annals fill,
Hope, thro' the long abyss of time,
Bids us look forward still:
Shall freedom's annals fill,
Hope, thro' the long abyss of time,
Bids us look forward still:
But when for living Worth men ask,
Where, where shall it be found?—
Oh! that's indeed an easy task;
'Tis only to look round!
Where, where shall it be found?—
Oh! that's indeed an easy task;
'Tis only to look round!
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