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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Pious Breathings amidst general Wickedness and Desolation.

Isaiah xxxii, 13–19. Common Metre.

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While in a thousand open'd Veins
Contending Nations bleed,
While Bri'rs and Thorns on blooming Plains
And fruitful Fields succeed;

II

While Desolation rages round,
Like an o'erwhelming Flood,
Where can a Remedy be found
To stop these Streams of Blood?

III

Eternal Spirit! Source of Good!
The Author of our Peace,
Pour down thine Influence, like a Flood,
On this wide Wilderness.

IV

O grant us one reviving Show'r,
And let it spread afar:
Thine Influence alone can cure
The bleeding Wounds of War.

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V

Come, Thou—and then the Wilderness
Shall bloom a Paradise,
And heav'nly Plants t' adorn and bless
O'er this wild Waste shall rise:

VI

Then Peace shall in large Rivers flow,
Where Streams of Blood have run;
Then universal Love shall glow,
And all the World be one;

VII

Then num'rous Colonies shall rise,
A People all Divine,
To fill the Mansions of the Skies,
And bright as Angels shine.

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