Nugae Modernae Morning thoughts, and midnight musings: consisting of casual reflections, egotisms, &c. In prose and verse. By Thomas Park |
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TO THE
AUTHOR OF “THE SABBATH,” AND OTHER
CONTEMPLATIVE POEMS. |
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TO THE AUTHOR OF “THE SABBATH,” AND OTHER CONTEMPLATIVE POEMS.
When as a letter'd stranger thou wert sought,Ingenuous Grahame! much though I admir'd
Thy sober sense, though much my heart desir'd
Again to greet thee,—little was I taught
That thou hadst claims upon my better thought
Of more than mortal binding; that, inspir'd
By heavenly musings, thou hadst oft retir'd,
Like him in holy vision upward caught,
And commun'd with thy Maker: while each field
Became a temple consecrate with praise;
Each grove an altar, which could incense yield
To the great Shepherd!—Oh, may I oft raise
My feeble voice in fellowship divine,
While the rapt sabbath of the soul is thine!
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