Original, serious, and religious poetry by the Rev. Richard Cobbold |
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REFLECTION XXII.
How sweet are the flow'rs of early spring,
How sweet is an autumn rose,
But sweeter to me than every thing,
The God on whose love I repose.
How sweet is an autumn rose,
But sweeter to me than every thing,
The God on whose love I repose.
The tone of the robin in sunny day,
The tone of the lark in the morn,
They teach my spirit to rise and pray,
Like a Christian now new born.
The tone of the lark in the morn,
They teach my spirit to rise and pray,
Like a Christian now new born.
The sun o'er the heavens is shining clear,
The moon looks pale in the sky,
The thought of the soul is truly dear,
When nature wakes our piety.
The moon looks pale in the sky,
The thought of the soul is truly dear,
When nature wakes our piety.
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The snowdrop springs again from the earth,
The leaves put on their green;
And man shall rise to the second birth,
And be what he has not been.
The leaves put on their green;
And man shall rise to the second birth,
And be what he has not been.
O bless the good great God above!
O keep their spirits here!
For thou art the Lord, the Lord of love,
The Lord of life be dear.
O keep their spirits here!
For thou art the Lord, the Lord of love,
The Lord of life be dear.
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