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Poems by Thomas Odiorne .

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Odiorne, Thomas (1769-1851)

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No. I.
  
NYMPH OF THE VALLEY.
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MINOR POEMS.
  
THE ROBIN.
  
ECHO.
  
PLEASANT VIEW.
  
THE MONTH OF MARCH.
  
KATE, CRAZED.
  
REFLECTION ON LIFE.
  
ON THE BIBLE.
  
ARK OF FAITH.
  
TO HOPE.
  
TO CHARITY.
  
ON GARRICK.
  
ON WOMAN.
  
ON THE SEXES.
  
SOLEMN MUSING IN A STORM.
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ETHIC STRAINS, ON SUBJECTS SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL, IN THREE PARTS; AND MINOR POEMS.
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ETHIC STRAINS.
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Part I.
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SECTION I. Love of Solitude.
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SECTION II. Invocation to Reason and Revelation—God in the Cloud—Divine Agency in Nature—The Rainbow, a Benevolent Token.
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SECTION III. Natural and Moral Evils, marvellous—Notice of some of their Effects—Instability of Human Affairs, but Nature immutable in her Purpose—A Glance at the Condition of Man—From the Discovery of Deity in the Wisdom of Nature, Moral Truth suggested, and Reason assisted to form harmonious Conclusions.
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SECTION IV. Influence of External Nature on the Mind—Invitation to associate with Sublime and Beautiful Objects—Images of Fancy, by Similitude—Power of Imagination to retain, and to retrace her Perceptions.
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SECTION V. Survey of Sublime Prospects, with Reflections.
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SECTION VI. A Glance at Ocean, a high Cliff, Torrent, Cataract, Alps in Switzerland, Mont Blanc—Alexander of Russia, illuminated, and his Fame, by Comparison.
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SECTION VII. Diffusion of Divine Truth—Blessed be the Missionaries!
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SECTION I. Morn—Apostrophe to Nature—Imagined Efforts under other Circumstances.
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SECTION II. Effects of Pleasant Prospects—Good Humour—Rural Walk—Descriptions in which several Beautiful Objects are noticed—A perched Bird, singing; Ascending Vapour; An Eagle circling the Skies.
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SECTION III. Evening.
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SECTION I. Morn—An Ocean-Scene—Sublime Tempest—Its deliberate Preparations, and dread Pause, previous to its Onset.—Terrible Appendages, and woful Catastrophes.—The Tempest Moralized.
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SECTION II. Other Objects Moralized.
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SECTION III. Effects of the Sublime, other than of Fear.
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SECTION IV. Instances of the Moral Sublime in a Mariner, and in the Poet.
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SECTION V. Moral Sublime in David.
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SECTION VI. Washington crossing the Delaware—His parting Scene—News of his death—His Character, a Prototype to future years.
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SECTION VII. Character of Alphonzo.
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No. II.
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MORAL EVIL NO ACCIDENT.
  
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Part I.
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XXIII.
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MINOR POEMS.
  
ON THE MOON.
  
A GLANCE AT WINTER,

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XII.

But why, secreted in th' Eternal Mind,
The riches of redeeming grace so long,
While angels who had trespass'd were, devoid
Of hope, cast off? However that may seem
To those who stood; to us, of feebler views,
'Tis most mysterious. It may be, that man,
A species, a whole order in the chain
Of being, were less proper to be lost,
And hence (though not of title or desert)
An object of more fit regard. Besides,
The woman's Seed to bruise the serpent's head,
Was, in the view of Justice infinite,
An indispensable in point of law,
To make amends. Aught else could not avail.
'Twas the sole mean by which salvation were
In nature possible. In vision saw
The patriarchs this, enraptur'd with desire.
Th' expected triumph of Messiah's reign,
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By types prefigur'd, and by seers presag'd,
Cheer'd the glad nations to the midst of years;
When, lo! the scatter'd rays of prophesy,
Converging to the compass of a star,
Stood resting o'er the Babe of Bethlehem!
God was made manifest that man might live.
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