 | The Poems of St. George Tucker of Williamsburg, Virginia 1752-1827 |  |
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On Mrs. Lucy Nelson (the General's Widow) Attending the Communion Table at Church on a very Cold Day
Though cold the day, yon aged breast
Is warm with pious zeal:
Though blind those eyes, religion's light
The Christian still can feel.
Is warm with pious zeal:
Though blind those eyes, religion's light
The Christian still can feel.
A life in virtuous actions spent,
Its sacred influence shows;
And pious hopes with age increase,
Like wheat beneath the snows.
Its sacred influence shows;
And pious hopes with age increase,
Like wheat beneath the snows.
Nor doubt it will, in God's good time,
A heavenly harvest yield,
Abundant, as the fruits of Nile,
To Pharoah's dreams revealed.
A heavenly harvest yield,
Abundant, as the fruits of Nile,
To Pharoah's dreams revealed.
Jan. 4, 1818
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