The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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LXVIII.—INSCRIPTIONS ON PORTRAITS.
The Lines under Dr. Owen's Picture, written by himself.
Englished thus:
Behold the shade, the frail remainsOf sickness, cares, and studious pains.
The mind in humble posture waits
At sacred Truth's celestial gates,
And keeps those bounds with holy fear,
While he who gave it, sees it there.
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