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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An Hermit once cry'd out in private pray'r,“Oh, if I knew that I should persevere!”
An angel's voice reply'd, in placid tone,
“What would'st thou do, if the great truth were known?
“Do now , what thou intendest then to do,
“And everlasting safety shall ensue.” —
To chuse, implies delay; whilst Time devours
The sickly blossoms of preceding hours.
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As bones, well set, grow stronger than before.
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