The poetical works of William Lisle Bowles ... with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan |
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SUPPOSED ADDRESS TO BISHOP KEN.
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Though his words might well deceive me,Though to earth abased I bend,
Christian guide, thou wilt not leave me,
Thus on earth without a friend!
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I thought his vows were oaths in heaven,Nor dare I here my fault deny;
For all my soul to him was given,
God knows how true, how tenderly!
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Though wronged and desolate and dying,His pride, his coldness, I forgot,
And fell upon his bosom, crying,
Forsake me not—forsake me not!
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I left my father, and my mother,Whom I no more on earth may see,
But I have found a father, brother,
And more than every friend, in thee!
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Although his words might well deceive me,Though wronged, and desolate I lie,
Christian guide, thou wilt not leave me,
Oh, teach me to repent and die!
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