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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]
Perronet, Edward (1721-1792)

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DAVID'S WISH.

Psalm xvii. 5.

Hold up my goings in thy righteous way,
Lest pride beguile me, and my footsteps stray;
Lest, wand'ring wide, I quit the narrow path,
Aggrieve thy spirit, and incur thy wrath;
Provoke thy mercy to resign her care,
And give me over to its own despair.
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