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Oliver Newman

A New-England Tale (Unfinished): With Other Poetical Remains. By the late Robert Southey

Southey, Robert (1774-1843)

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OLIVER NEWMAN: A NEW-ENGLAND TALE.

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MISCELLANEOUS POETICAL REMAINS.

FRAGMENTARY THOUGHTS OCCASIONED BY HIS SON'S DEATH.

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SHORT PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE,

Jer. ix. 23–4.

Jer. xlvii. 6, 7.

Lamentations, iii. 44.

Hosea, x. 12, 13.

Daniel, ix. 7, 8, 9. 18.

[But mercies and forgivenesses belong]

[Incline thine ear, and hear]

Nahum, i. 3–8.

Nahum, iii. 15. 17.

1 Kings, viii. 23. 27. 30.

[.... will God indeed]

[.... hear Thou in heaven, thy dwelling-place]

Isaiah, xxv. 1. 4. 7.

[A strength to the weak hast thou been]

[The covering that is cast]

Isaiah, xxvi. 3. 5. 8.

[He bringeth down them that dwell on high]

[In the way of thy judgments]

Isaiah, xxviii. 15. 17. 18.

Isaiah. xxviii. 16.

Isaiah, xxxi. 3.

Isaiah, lvii. 1.

Ezekiel, vii. 5, 6, 7. 12.

Ezekiel, xxii. 7, 8. 14.

LITTLE BOOK, IN GREEN AND GOLD.

LINES WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF ROTHA Q.

IMAGINATION AND REALITY.

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[.... will God indeed]

.... will God indeed
Dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and heaven
Of heavens, cannot contain Thee; how much less
This house that man hath builded!