Collected poems of Samuel Davies : 1723-1761

Davies, Samuel (1723-1761)

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, CHIEFLY ON Divine Subjects.

UNCOLLECTED POEMS

[THIS UNCULTIVATED LAND]

[A PRAYER IN TIME OF STORMS]

ELEGIAC VERSES on the lamented Death of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Blair,

[Come, heav'nly pensive Contemplation, come]

The Revd. Mr. Samuel Davies, Minister of the Gospel To the Congregation of Hanover County In the Colony of Virginia.

[SIN THE DESPOILER]

[TRUST NOT BEAUTY]

[THE PIOUS MIND IN A TIME OF STORM]

[TO CHARA]

[“THE WAR OF THE ELEMENTS”]

[A STORM AT SEA]

The different States of Sinners and Saints in the Wreck of Nature.

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LVI. National Judgments deprecated, and National Mercies pleaded.

On the same.

[FRONTIER WARFARE]

The Blessing of Hope in Death; or Comfort in a dying Hour earnestly implored.

The universal Call of God to Repentance.

AN HYMN

Self-Examination.

An HYMN

[CHRISTIAN, PREACHER, FRIEND]

The Glories of God in pardoning Sinners.

Christ's Tenderness to the bruised Reed and smoking Flax.

The one Thing needful generally neglected.

Spiritual Want and Misery confessed, and the Communication of spiritual Blessings implored.

Applying for Relief to the All-Sufficiency of Christ.

The holy Spirit invoked, and his purifying and quickening Influences implored.

The Transcendent Excellency of Christ in his Person and Offices, and the Soul desirous to love Him.

Christ most worthy of Esteem, but ungratefully neglected in our World.

Pious Breathings amidst general Wickedness and Desolation.

Self-Dedication at the Table of the Lord.

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POEMS ASCRIBED TO DAVIES

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Spiritual Want and Misery confessed, and the Communication of spiritual Blessings implored.

Rev. iii. 17, 18. Long Metre.

I

No, I'll indulge vain Hopes no more;
I see I'm wretched, blind, and poor;
By mad Delusions led astray,
Till now Conviction shot its Ray.

II

Blest Jesus! 'tis thine heav'nly Light
That opens this surprizing Sight,
Shows me myself so long unknown,
And by my Ignorance undone.

III

Welcome this Heart-affecting View,
Tho' dreadful, just; tho' painful, true!
Ye visionary Hopes, farewel,
Ye dreams of Bliss that end in Hell!

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IV

Lord, since my Danger now I see,
O let me view my Remedy!
And let the Day, that shows my Wound,
Show me where Healing may be found!

V

The wretched, helpless, poor, and blind
Relief in Thee alone can find.
See one more Sinner from the Dust
Look up, and make thy Name his Trust.

VI

O may that Sun which saw me poor,
Tho' proud of my imagin'd Store,
Dart down his setting Beams on me,
Enrich'd, and safe, and blest in Thee!

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