The Amaranth Or, religious poems; consisting of fables, visions, emblems, etc. Adorned with copper-plates from the best masters [by Walter Harte] |
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Religion's harbour, like th'Etrurian bay ,Secure from storms is land-lock'd ev'ry way.
Safe, midst the wreck of worlds, the vessel rides,
Nor minds the absent rage of winds and tides:
Whilst from his prow the pilot, looking down,
Surveys at once God's image and his own ;
Heav'n's favour smoothes th'expanse, and calmness sleeps
On the clear mirror of the silent deeps.
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