Poems, moral and descriptive By the late Richard Jago ... (Prepared for the press, and improved by the author, before his death.) To which is added, some account of the life and writings of Mr. Jago |
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RECITATIVE.
ADAM.O woman! best are all things, as the will
Of God ordain'd them. His creating hand
Nothing imperfect, or deficient left
Of all that he created, much less Man,
Or aught that might his happy state secure:
Secure from outward force. Within himself
The danger lies, yet lies within his pow'r.
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But God left free the will, for what obeys
Reason is free, and reason he made right,
And bid her still beware, and still erect,
Lest by some fair, appearing good surpriz'd,
She dictate false, and misinform the will
To do what God expressly hath forbid.
Not then mistrust, but tender love enjoins
That I shou'd mind thee oft, and mind thou me,
Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve.
AIR.
“But if thou think'st trial unsought may find“Us both securer, than thus warn'd thou seem'st,
“Go! for thy stay, not free, absents thee more.
“Go in thy native innocence. Rely
“On what thou hast of virtue: summon all,
“For God towards thee hath done his part, do thine.”
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